A CITY firm boss who praised a colleague’s use of the words “hairy” and “growler” has left his £650,000-a-year job.
The Sun told how Stuart Rouse’s message to 350 staff at Nexus Underwriting left workers outraged at the “inappropriate language”.
The insurance chief executive sent the note to honour a staffer who was semi-retiring from the London office after 46 years.
He wrote of “his ability to include the words ‘hairy’ and ‘growler’ into a conversation, quite often leaving the room to howl”.
Sources said workers who got the email included recent school leavers.
One staff member told The Sun that Mr Rouse had been trying to be “laddish” to win over employees.
“Immediately after it was sent, staff were asking if it was a spoof,” they said.
“The language was so inappropriate, and so everyone was asking, ‘Is this real?’”.
Nexus later launched an investigation into the June 30 email and yesterday it confirmed the businessman had “moved on”.
An internal announcement said: “You will be aware that in July we launched an investigation following the use of inappropriate language in an internal email.
“That investigation is now concluded.
“We want to thank Stuart for his contribution to the business over many years.”
City boss Stuart Rouse has left his £650k job after praising crude ‘hairy’ and ‘growler’ remarks in a message to staffLinkedin
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