The employees didn’t like her because she got rid of some seriously dead wood and made the corporate environment competitive. I worked in Santa Rosa, had occasion to work as a contractor at the HP offices, and knew a lot of the employees - they had such a “caring” culture that non-performers were never fired, employees loved the company but didn’t take their jobs seriously, and there was, I think, pressure against excelling because it made you stand out in the crowd and made them look bad.
Fiorina was widely described as a b**** because she did exactly what Walker and Snyder did on a government level: they broke up an entrenched, protected culture of expensive mediocrity and redundancy. This happens in corporations, too, and it’s never fun when somebody comes along and shakes it up.
Of course, being a woman, she’s described as a b****, while Walker and Snyder are described as hard-nosed managers. Well, it’s true, sometimes they’re called right-wing fanatics, but then, so is Fiorina.
Maybe what we actually need, however, is a b****.
First of all, I would appreciate it if you’d refrain from playing the ‘gender card’. I do not entertain the phony ‘war on women’ nonsense.
I’m talking about Carly nearly destroying a once great company, not about a few disgruntled employees who got axed. Her deficiencies (at least at HPQ) span far and wide. You may be of a different opinion, but I assure you there are scores of mid-level management and engineers who differ with your take.
But don’t worry, for if CF’s campaign takes off, you can bet the Dems will have the minutes of stockholders meetings and people in line who will talk.
Finally, let’s see if Carly can take the heat that Sarah Palin had to endure. Let’s see if the GOPe will back Carly or leave her twisting in the wind like they did to Sarah.