She’s the freaking chief lawyer for the company. Do you think she knows the first thing about product pricing, marketing, and supply chain management?
Well someone should learn about it.
Because what they are doing now, is wrong.
Wrong. Wrong. Wrong.
At that level, it isn’t what you know, it’s who you know. Worked for Liz Dole, McCain, Justice Kennedy, Bush II, Obama, US Chamber of Commerce. Lawyer at Wilmer Hale. Very highly qualified for her current level. Maybe not so much as a staff attorney.
Good point. Many high government officials join corporations only to find the cultural change is overwhelming especially in a retail operation.
She was eyed as a likely replacement for Rosenstein. She’s viewed as a conservative.
These kinds of career jumps are really more like sinecure awards but this may be different.
Walmart is needing to compete with Amazon. It now offers free online shipping. It also needs to reorient its supply chain to a more America-centric approach.
So Rachel’s political experience may come in handy as Walmart figures out the new rules of the game under Trump.
I wish her good luck.