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I believe you're referring to the "lost decade" under Ballmer where the stack ranking of employees led to a precipitous decline since all the teams were fightin

I believe you're referring to the "lost decade" under Ballmer where the stack ranking of employees led to a precipitous decline since all the teams were fighting each other and sabotaging each other's work. 2000-2010 was brutal on Microsoft.

skc 8y ago
Ballmer consistently grew profits and revenues during his tenure so what was brutal on Microsoft was the tech press and the stock market.
- vitorgrs 8y ago
  Gates-Ballmer-Nadella era. Ballmer was definitely the worst. https://imgur.com/a/Cp4jJDv https://imgur.com/a/Cp4jJDv