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> Marissa Mayer ... and she's not even a good CEO. I'd argue she's an absolutely abysmal CEO. We should not make such claims. Do you claim to have complete inf

• smt88 11y ago
  "We should not make such claims" -- why not? She's a public figure and her performance matters to hundreds of thousands of people. Debating her ability is important. I don't have complete information, but I don't need it. She's not paring down the company's businesses. It's still impossible to quickly answer the question, "What does Yahoo do?" She was supposed to focus to company and define it, and she hasn't. She's also made moves that employees were upset about, such as eliminating working from home. There have been lots of articles about how poorly Mayer is doing, and I personally have never seen one arguing the opposite. Look at this one: http://qz.com/314225/everything-we-learned-from-marissa-mayer-on-how-to-not-run-a-company/ http://qz.com/314225/everything-we-learned-from-marissa-maye...
  • volaski 11y ago
    I agree with general sentiment but I don't think you should just cut down on someone as bad CEO. It is an extremely difficult task to revive a company that has lost its charm. Also most judgment on whether someone is a "Good CEO" or not is based on retrospect so you really never know. For example, Steve Jobs probably was seen as a bad CEO at some point in his career. Jeff Bezos could be also seen as a bad CEO because of how stressful the culture is at Amazon, but you can't really say that either because the company itself is doing pretty well. It's all subjective and contextual. But I agree with you that she's NOT an entrepreneur and that's a fact.