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Carol Bartz Confirms Her Firing — From Her iPad
- kevinpet 15y agoI don't see the significance of this article. CEO reads email on a tablet? Sends a note immediately to confirm it?
- shaggyfrog 15y agoThe accompanying image looks like something off 4chan. What's the deal?
- jimfl 15y agoThe deal is that 4chan is influencing the mode of discourse on the web. For what that's worth.
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- crenshaw 15y agoIt seems like her being fired over the phone is a bigger deal than sending email from an iPad. Would MG write, "From a Windows computer" if she sent it from a Windows PC? Or "From a BlackBerry" if from that? She has to send it from something right and the iPad is a pretty popular device. It's not like she sent it from a JooJoo or something.
- frou_dh 15y agoI think you're reading too much in to it. It's simply amusing to see something with cheery intent being tacked on to such an email. I immediately disable such options myself, for fear of looking like a ----
- crenshaw 15y agoGiven that those auto-applied signatures have been around for at least a decade, it seems odd to comment about them now.
- prawn 15y agoGot an email the other day that closed "Sent from my biplane" and made me laugh.
- pasbesoin 15y agoThe signature line seems an incidental indication of the cluelessness of this all. A bit more central, what's with some "off the cuff" email as opposed to a considered announcement? Now THAT I consider pretty unprofessional.
- jarek 15y agoAll Things D says "Bartz was apparently on a plane today on the East coast, as was Bostock coming West, so there was no chance to meet in person. But Bartz went for the dig anyway."
- jdrucker 15y agoConfirming being fired from an iPad is so 2011, and it's actually a trend I don't mind seeing. Using Twitter, iPads, Skype, whatever - the tech is there so why not use it. Getting fired over the phone, however, is a disgraceful move by the Yahoo board. She's the Chief Executive Officer. It's not a move that you make over the phone and without a plan about the response.
- tptacek 15y agoSaying she's been fired "over the phone" seems a bit bush league. The CEO of a company serves at the pleasure of the board. We're not supposed to feel bad for her; this is the NFL. If things don't work, she's supposed to clear the way for someone who can, not spit in the board's face. Not enough boards fire CEOs, is the problem we really have.
- drivebyacct2 15y ago>Not enough boards fire CEOs, is the problem we really have. Sure, but that doesn't mean they have to forego all tact in doing so...
- flocial 15y agoI guess Reddit Inc. will be getting an application soon. Nice to see Tech Crunch still upholding their high standards of journalism despite Arrington's struggles.