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What she is doing sends a message not to take all your leave. It also shows she is a poor manager. No manager, even CEO, should be so irreplaceable that she c

What she is doing sends a message not to take all your leave. It also shows she is a poor manager. No manager, even CEO, should be so irreplaceable that she cannot step away from the job for several weeks, especially when the leave is anticipated. The leave should be viewed as a valuable opportunity to ensure that successors are being groomed and are ready to step in. She might think this "unique time in Yahoo's transformation" talk shows that she is pitching in to help, but all it says to me is that she either thinks she is more important than she is or that due to poor management she really is that important. Fail either way.

JustSomeNobody 11y ago
Agree. Certainly she has the right to choose, but this sends a bad message to all employees.
seunosewa 11y ago
"It also shows she is a poor manager. No manager, even CEO, should be so irreplaceable that she cannot step away from the job for several weeks" There is no evidence that she "cannot" step away. She just chose not to do so this time. Yes, a company should be able to function well in the absence of its CEO, but it should do even better when she is around.
the_ancient 11y ago
I disagree 100%... The board did not hire "other managers" they hired her, for the expressed purpose of turning Yahoo Around, and splitting out the Ablibaba Stock, now they have reverse that and will split out Yahoo Core but the fact remains when a Major restructuring like that is going on your damn right the CEO, the one hired by the board, should be at the helm, not the "other managers" Ultimately people need to stop looking to other people as "examples" and determine for themselves what they need to do for their family. If Yahoo Provides X leave, and a person chooses to only take Y, that is their choice, that does not mean other employees can not take all of it. Society seems to be developing a massive co-dependency problem and loosing individualism.
- JustSomeNobody 11y ago
  "...what they need to do for their family." Exactly.
  - the_ancient 11y ago
    Which may or may not include taking time off. What you view is as a "need" may not be what someone else views as a need and people should not feel they must take 3 months off, or even 3 days if they do not desire to do so.

JustSomeNobody 11y ago

Agree. Certainly she has the right to choose, but this sends a bad message to all employees.

seunosewa 11y ago

"It also shows she is a poor manager. No manager, even CEO, should be so irreplaceable that she cannot step away from the job for several weeks" There is no evidence that she "cannot" step away. She just chose not to do so this time. Yes, a company should be able to function well in the absence of its CEO, but it should do even better when she is around.

the_ancient 11y ago

I disagree 100%... The board did not hire "other managers" they hired her, for the expressed purpose of turning Yahoo Around, and splitting out the Ablibaba Stock, now they have reverse that and will split out Yahoo Core but the fact remains when a Major restructuring like that is going on your damn right the CEO, the one hired by the board, should be at the helm, not the "other managers" Ultimately people need to stop looking to other people as "examples" and determine for themselves what they need to do for their family. If Yahoo Provides X leave, and a person chooses to only take Y, that is their choice, that does not mean other employees can not take all of it. Society seems to be developing a massive co-dependency problem and loosing individualism.

JustSomeNobody 11y ago
"...what they need to do for their family." Exactly.
- the_ancient 11y ago
  Which may or may not include taking time off. What you view is as a "need" may not be what someone else views as a need and people should not feel they must take 3 months off, or even 3 days if they do not desire to do so.