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I was at Yahoo when Carol Bartz came in and did exactly that. And guess what? Morale plummeted. "The beatings will continue until the morale improves" .... eve

• eplanit 11y ago
  She had the same effect at Autodesk by applying the same philosophy.
• anotherhacker 11y ago
  Do you have a reference to that? I can't find any evidence that Carlo Bartz engaged in any retraining of employees. Again, I'm not suggesting cost cutting. I'm suggesting a move from frivolous expenses, to those which help make the employees more successful. As I commented before, Deming was all about training employees over firing them. https://www.deming.org/theman/theories/fourteenpoints https://www.deming.org/theman/theories/fourteenpoints
  • henrikschroder 11y ago
    Perks in SV companies are absolutely not frivolous expenses! They are a necessary expense to attract and keep the right talent, in competition with other SV companies that also offer generous perks. If you cut it, morale plummets and you will lose a lot of good employees. The link you posted contains great tips for assembly-line factories filled with replaceable hourly workers. SV is.. not that.
  • discardorama 11y ago
    I was there when she cancelled the year-end party.