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The bottom line is, the PR damage done by SolarWinds' CEO to his company stands out the most, and he can and should fix it.

• dehrmann 6y ago
  The CEO blaming an intern is the big thing that looks bad, but it's also very telling of their culture and how they got in this situation in the first place.
  • sitkack 6y ago
    The CEO saying this, they are inadvertently signaling that they want a certain class of customer, a customer who agrees with and would make similar statements. Any customer that can see through the BS will immediately turn around on their heels. And SolarWinds will be happy that they just lost that problem customer. SolarWinds is looking for an Equifax not a Netflix.
  • josho 6y ago
    What’s left unsaid is that not just the CEO, but every manager down the line has made it clear that it’s okay to toss the blame down the line. Every individual contributor in that company has just learned that they need to cover their ass for any action that could possibly go wrong. The cultural outcome is that accountabilities will be spread across managers so that blame can’t be assigned to an individual.
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