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Sheryl Sandberg or Marissa Mayer would be a huge win for Uber. I've worked with both of them, and know that they will bring extremely positive changes.
by foobaw 9y ago
Sheryl Sandberg or Marissa Mayer would be a huge win for Uber. I've worked with both of them, and know that they will bring extremely positive changes.
- jitl 9y agoMayer's recent track record with Yahoo seems to be ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ to this observer.
- hodgesrm 9y agoI would be stunned if Uber hired Marissa Mayer. Whatever virtues she may possess as a leader it's clear they don't include corporate turnarounds.
- foobaw 9y agoYou're right in that aspect - her track record with Yahoo isn't great, but she could definitely help out with corporate culture as an advisory role.
- kyrre 9y agofound the Lyft investor
- amrrs 9y agoIf this is true. This is again a very much of PR attempt than a legitimate hunt for the right CEO. Marissa was brought into Yahoo when Yahoo hardly had anything to do. And now it's time for Uber to find a female CEO not to run the company but to say Uber is pro-feminist!
- amrrs 9y agoIf this is true. This is again a very much of PR attempt than a legitimate hunt for the right CEO. Marissa was brought into Yahoo when Yahoo hardly had anything to do. And now it's time for Uber to find a female CEO not to run the company but to say Uber is pro-feminist!
- pwthornton 9y agoSandberg is an executive at a very successful company that makes a lot of money and is still on the way up. Mayer just flamed out as CEO, demonstrating that not only was she unable to turnaround a company, but that she also helped drive it further into the ground. I highly doubt Sandberg would want this job, and I highly doubt that Mayer can turn around a company.
- praneshp 9y agoI worked under Marissa at Yahoo, and am happy to state (with my real name attached to this comment) that 1. She was a good person, and went out of the way at times to make employees feel good. 2. She was a terrible boss, who would pass edicts like "our cubicle walls will be cut to 50% of their tomorrow", and pass it off as "because natural light is better for you". 3. I believed as an employee that she cherry-picked data to support pet beliefs like hiring at selected schools, banning remote work and closing satellite offices. 4. She had a preference for ex-Googlers/ex-Google APMs She would definitely bring positive change in terms of the scandals, but any competent HR department that has the company's long term interests in mind can do that, no?
- rokhayakebe 9y agoRe 2: If you are dealing with anything north of 5 people any permanent decision is likely to upset a percentage of your staff. Just because some dislike your decision that that does not make it less sound. Re 4: You have your preference as well, so does Google, IBM, Yahoo and the small law firm where I work. Everyone does when it comes to hiring.
- Relys 9y agoRe Re 2: The problem that I am seeing here is the lack of logic and thought put into the justification behind such a drastic change. Noise levels in a typical cubical environment are distracting enough to the average engineer. Same issue with the remote work policy. What it boils down to is a leader who creates "edicts" based on a personal preference or "cherry picked" facts rather than reason, logic, market research, A/B validation testing, etc.
- praneshp 9y agoRe 2: That was a real example, and a real reason. If you believe that it is sound logic, more power to you then. Re 4: I am sorry, I meant to complete that sentence with "when it came to hiring execs, or buying companies". She hired some (what I saw as) very poor execs who were once at Google, one of whom got a 60m severance package for underperformance.
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- ameen 9y agoPlease state her achievements as a CEO at Yahoo.