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Can’t go into too much detail but had a meeting with some of their top tech peeps (title wise) and it was really, really clear they have no clue how to run an e
by brogrammernot 8y ago
Can’t go into too much detail but had a meeting with some of their top tech peeps (title wise) and it was really, really clear they have no clue how to run an effective eCommerce business.
It was also incredibly hard for me to sit there and watch a company I fondly remembered visiting with my father to pick up some tools (back when it was run much, much better) have such minimal vision for their eCommerce + little leverage at the table.
Feels really bad for the employees.
- anoncoward111 8y agoI don't want to turn this into a "laissez-faire capitalism vs state-planned economy" debate, but I'm noticing this is the rule rather than the exception. With so many incredibly gifted and hungry tech rockstars just searching for just one lucky break out there, how on Earth is it that all these clueless individuals continuously get to run major tech initiatives at major companies?
- toomuchtodo 8y agoIt’s about who you know, not what you know.
- anoncoward111 8y agoTo the tune of countless billions in wealth destroyed as a result.
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- brogrammernot 8y agoWell, honestly I’m not entirely sure but overall the feeling was they had impressive resumes (big tech backgrounds) but really just seemed like they skated along as I just curiously asked what they did/worked on and it was really like a mile wide, inch deep responses. I dunno, it was also really weird to have tech people show up to a large tech company’s office in full suits during the summer. Felt really out of touch honestly.
- anoncoward111 8y agoEither Eddie is not so smart in peering through paper qualifications, or he deliberately put idiots in charge so he could continue to siphon off Sears' assets under the cover of falling revenue and "crisis" :) .... what a world.