Hsieh’s brother Andy, is being accused of enabling the former CEO’s drug and alcohol abuse. And his family claims in court filings that Hsieh’s friends were pushing him to make “impulsive” and “incoherent investments.”
Well-known actors Joseph Gordon Levitt and David Arquette, are being subpoenaed. The subpoenas claim that as friends of Hsieh, the men were aware of his mental health problems.
Tony Hsieh Visionary genius with chaotic policies
In August 2020, after 20 years with Zappos, he had announced his retirement as CEO.
Kedar Deshpande, the current Zappos CEO called Hsieh a “tremendous visionary and an incredible human being.”
Hsieh is known to have unusual, sometimes inspired workplace policies.
He practiced “Holacracy.” This is a system where there is no management structure at work. And the flat hierarchy allows every employee to work without an assigned role. He believed this inspired more creativity and flexibility. But it could also result in chaos and conflicts.
He was a pioneer in the idea of paying new hires who were unhappy $2,000 to quit. Hsieh was an advocate of having all Zappos employees be passionate and committed to the company.
