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> At a recent personnel meeting, she homes in on grade-point averages and SAT scores to narrow a list of candidates, many having graduated from Ivy League schoo
by hellofunk 8y ago
> At a recent personnel meeting, she homes in on grade-point averages and SAT scores to narrow a list of candidates, many having graduated from Ivy League schools, …One candidate got a C in macroeconomics. “That’s troubling to me,” Ms. Mayer says. “Good students are good at all things.”
No wonder Yahoo failed.
- bhickey 8y agoI disagree with her leadership style, but it's unfair to blame Yahoo!'s collapse on her. The company was doomed with or without her. She took on an untenable role in exchange for a big pay package.
- nojvek 8y agoWell technically, they were paying her the big pay package to turn around the company, anyone could have burnt yahoo to the ground. Law of entropy.