Totally reasonable comment. But "Does anyone think this exit is going to actually harm Mayer's employability?" Yes, absolutely. The overwhelming narrative from

Totally reasonable comment. But "Does anyone think this exit is going to actually harm Mayer's employability?" Yes, absolutely. The overwhelming narrative from the media and the public is that she failed, she made terrible decisions, and someone else could have done a lot better. I'm sure the people in charge of choosing CEOs are capable of seeing through that narrative and assessing her actual performance, but if they care about their stock price, they have to care about what the public thinks. Choosing Mayer will no longer get you articles about your fresh new direction, it will produce stories about her past failures. This certainly would apply to male CEOs as well, but I don't agree that taking the Yahoo job was basically a win/win.