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I'm not trying to start a flame war, but an honest discussion. Two words: Satya Nadella He seems even more tone-deaf than most CEOs, e.g. his comments abou

I'm not trying to start a flame war, but an honest discussion. Two words: Satya Nadella He seems even more tone-deaf than most CEOs, e.g. his comments about women asking for a raise in pay. So, here's the delicate question: is this cultural? He's originally "not from around here", but he's lived in the USA for at least 25 years. In contrast, Tim Cook seems to have staked out the opposite ground, i.e. that user privacy matters.

rustynails77 11y ago
I'm not a fan of Satya, but you are trying to start a flame war. This is what Satya is on record saying "I believe men and women should get equal pay for equal work. And when it comes to career advice on getting a raise when you think it’s deserved, Maria’s advice was the right advice. If you think you deserve a raise, you should just ask." He also said "[I] Was inarticulate re how women should ask for raise. Our industry must close gender pay gap so a raise is not needed because of a bias" So you've made a conclusion because he said something that was wrong and silly. I would go as far so say that it's a big leap of faith that you've drawn, or that you're trying to be inflammatory on purpose. Now it would be more accurate to say that Microsoft is seeing how much money Facebook and Google make from knowing people's secrets.
- PhantomGremlin 11y ago
  It's not fair to quote Nadella saying "I was inarticulate". That comment only happened after, as Wikipedia puts it, "a strong backlash". Melissa Waggener (a very smart lady who I've met) probably gave him a good talking to.
aikah 11y ago
> is this cultural? Making it about one guy and his cultural background is a bit stupid, in my opinion.He is what, Indian? does it influence its way of thinking, maybe. Does that dictate Windows 10 strategy? no. This guy was mostly unknown before he becomes CEO of Microsoft, I always thought Sinofsky would take Balmer's job. My point is, MS board chose a rather "unknown to the public" and more discreet guy to represent MS in order to change the image of the brand. Which worked. Who came up with that new business model, we don't know, Nadella certainly vetted it though.

rustynails77 11y ago

I'm not a fan of Satya, but you are trying to start a flame war. This is what Satya is on record saying "I believe men and women should get equal pay for equal work. And when it comes to career advice on getting a raise when you think it’s deserved, Maria’s advice was the right advice. If you think you deserve a raise, you should just ask." He also said "[I] Was inarticulate re how women should ask for raise. Our industry must close gender pay gap so a raise is not needed because of a bias" So you've made a conclusion because he said something that was wrong and silly. I would go as far so say that it's a big leap of faith that you've drawn, or that you're trying to be inflammatory on purpose. Now it would be more accurate to say that Microsoft is seeing how much money Facebook and Google make from knowing people's secrets.

PhantomGremlin 11y ago
It's not fair to quote Nadella saying "I was inarticulate". That comment only happened after, as Wikipedia puts it, "a strong backlash". Melissa Waggener (a very smart lady who I've met) probably gave him a good talking to.

aikah 11y ago

> is this cultural? Making it about one guy and his cultural background is a bit stupid, in my opinion.He is what, Indian? does it influence its way of thinking, maybe. Does that dictate Windows 10 strategy? no. This guy was mostly unknown before he becomes CEO of Microsoft, I always thought Sinofsky would take Balmer's job. My point is, MS board chose a rather "unknown to the public" and more discreet guy to represent MS in order to change the image of the brand. Which worked. Who came up with that new business model, we don't know, Nadella certainly vetted it though.