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Thank you for laying it out so well. I am a female executive and I am so sick of everyone saying that she's only getting criticized because she's female. So wha

by rewrew 9y ago

Thank you for laying it out so well. I am a female executive and I am so sick of everyone saying that she's only getting criticized because she's female. So what, we can't get criticized if we do a horrible job? If we treat our employees unfairly? If we don't do what's best for our companies? She was a bad CEO and she deserved to be fired long ago.

1024core 9y ago
> She was a bad CEO and she deserved to be fired log ago. On what basis are you claiming that? Do you have any idea about how the other CEOs before her did? Disclaimer: I worked at Yahoo for several CEOs, including Mayer. I think she was the best CEO at Yahoo in a long time. So please, enlighten me why my impression of her is incorrect.
- rewrew 9y ago
  She was a bad CEO by the measure of ALL CEOS, not just Yahoo: https://www.inc.com/geoffrey-james/top-10-management-mistakes-marissa-mayer-made.html https://www.inc.com/geoffrey-james/top-10-management-mistake... https://qz.com/314225/everything-we-learned-from-marissa-mayer-on-how-to-not-run-a-company/ https://qz.com/314225/everything-we-learned-from-marissa-may... https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikemyatt/2015/11/20/marissa-mayer-case-study-in-poor-leadership/#2c3858833b46 https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikemyatt/2015/11/20/marissa-ma... http://www.frontpagemag.com/point/262704/why-wont-anyone-talk-about-what-terrible-ceo-daniel-greenfield http://www.frontpagemag.com/point/262704/why-wont-anyone-tal... http://gizmodo.com/heres-what-happened-to-all-of-marissa-mayers-yahoo-acqu-1781980352 http://gizmodo.com/heres-what-happened-to-all-of-marissa-may... https://www.thestreet.com/story/13332877/1/yahoo-ceo-mayer-is-delusional-and-must-go.html https://www.thestreet.com/story/13332877/1/yahoo-ceo-mayer-i... http://variety.com/2016/digital/features/marissa-mayer-yahoo-ceo-1201781310/ http://variety.com/2016/digital/features/marissa-mayer-yahoo... http://www.foxbusiness.com/features/2015/12/30/worst-ceos-2015.html http://www.foxbusiness.com/features/2015/12/30/worst-ceos-20... http://www.growthbusiness.co.uk/the-worst-ceos-in-corporate-history-2540261/ http://www.growthbusiness.co.uk/the-worst-ceos-in-corporate-... https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/272469 https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/272469 https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/21/magazine/what-happened-when-marissa-mayer-tried-to-be-steve-jobs.html?_r=1 https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/21/magazine/what-happened-wh... Do you want more?
  - 1024core 9y ago
    These are all outsiders second-guessing and, in many cases, just making shit up. I was there. I saw the sea change she brought into the company. Morale skyrocketed, after the company was just drifting around for years. Compared to Carol Bartz, she was a CEO extraordinaire.
    - vocatus_gate 9y ago
      Outsiders are often able to see much more clearly what's really going on with a dying organization.
      - 1024core 9y ago
        Well, we should just listen to outsiders then, right? Who cares about what's happening internally when the outsiders see it all? I remember reading Eric Jackson's screeds and he was clueless as hell.
        rewrew 9y ago
        I'm thinking I'm going to listen to the many, many outside experts, plus what I see myself reported by other insiders, vs. one anonymous insider I run across on a site who worked for her and appears to have bias.
        1024core 9y ago
        That is your prerogative, and I wish you all the luck. I didn't work for her, I was 3 levels below her and experienced the sea-change when she came. After suffering through the likes of Semel, she was a huge, positive change.

by rewrew 9y ago

1024core 9y ago

> She was a bad CEO and she deserved to be fired log ago. On what basis are you claiming that? Do you have any idea about how the other CEOs before her did? Disclaimer: I worked at Yahoo for several CEOs, including Mayer. I think she was the best CEO at Yahoo in a long time. So please, enlighten me why my impression of her is incorrect.

rewrew 9y ago
She was a bad CEO by the measure of ALL CEOS, not just Yahoo: https://www.inc.com/geoffrey-james/top-10-management-mistakes-marissa-mayer-made.html https://www.inc.com/geoffrey-james/top-10-management-mistake... https://qz.com/314225/everything-we-learned-from-marissa-mayer-on-how-to-not-run-a-company/ https://qz.com/314225/everything-we-learned-from-marissa-may... https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikemyatt/2015/11/20/marissa-mayer-case-study-in-poor-leadership/#2c3858833b46 https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikemyatt/2015/11/20/marissa-ma... http://www.frontpagemag.com/point/262704/why-wont-anyone-talk-about-what-terrible-ceo-daniel-greenfield http://www.frontpagemag.com/point/262704/why-wont-anyone-tal... http://gizmodo.com/heres-what-happened-to-all-of-marissa-mayers-yahoo-acqu-1781980352 http://gizmodo.com/heres-what-happened-to-all-of-marissa-may... https://www.thestreet.com/story/13332877/1/yahoo-ceo-mayer-is-delusional-and-must-go.html https://www.thestreet.com/story/13332877/1/yahoo-ceo-mayer-i... http://variety.com/2016/digital/features/marissa-mayer-yahoo-ceo-1201781310/ http://variety.com/2016/digital/features/marissa-mayer-yahoo... http://www.foxbusiness.com/features/2015/12/30/worst-ceos-2015.html http://www.foxbusiness.com/features/2015/12/30/worst-ceos-20... http://www.growthbusiness.co.uk/the-worst-ceos-in-corporate-history-2540261/ http://www.growthbusiness.co.uk/the-worst-ceos-in-corporate-... https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/272469 https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/272469 https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/21/magazine/what-happened-when-marissa-mayer-tried-to-be-steve-jobs.html?_r=1 https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/21/magazine/what-happened-wh... Do you want more?
- 1024core 9y ago
  These are all outsiders second-guessing and, in many cases, just making shit up. I was there. I saw the sea change she brought into the company. Morale skyrocketed, after the company was just drifting around for years. Compared to Carol Bartz, she was a CEO extraordinaire.
  - vocatus_gate 9y ago
    Outsiders are often able to see much more clearly what's really going on with a dying organization.
    - 1024core 9y ago
      Well, we should just listen to outsiders then, right? Who cares about what's happening internally when the outsiders see it all? I remember reading Eric Jackson's screeds and he was clueless as hell.
      - rewrew 9y ago
        I'm thinking I'm going to listen to the many, many outside experts, plus what I see myself reported by other insiders, vs. one anonymous insider I run across on a site who worked for her and appears to have bias.
        1024core 9y ago
        That is your prerogative, and I wish you all the luck. I didn't work for her, I was 3 levels below her and experienced the sea-change when she came. After suffering through the likes of Semel, she was a huge, positive change.