• Dr. Bob
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    11 months ago

    I remember Carly Fiorina getting hired and almost immediately things started turning to shit.

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      11 months ago

      I don’t know, it often seems that the prior ceo (often with the help of the board) sets a company up for quick profits, but long term doom. Then he leaves and they miraculously hit their first female CEO (see GM, Yahoo, Reddit, Blizzard, Twitter (currently)).

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        11 months ago

        I don’t disagree with that, but she knew exactly what she was brought in to do and jumped in with both feet. Would it have been someone else if she turned the gig down? Of course. But she said yes so it was her.

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          11 months ago

          Oh yeah, I forgot to add that Carly specifically does is probably a pretty terrible person (hard not to be when vying for republican office). Good point.

    • HootinNHollerin@sh.itjust.works
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      11 months ago

      She fucked everything Bill and Dave built. Which is why you want engineers running things not finance bozos. I used to work for hp