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Why does every one think they know better than Yahoo's CEO about how to manage Yahoo itself?

• zem 14y ago
  it's a common problem in the tech press. back in the day, everyone knew how to solve sun's problems too.
  • Evbn 14y ago
    Did Sun's CEO know better?
    • pwthornton 14y ago
      The idea that CEOs always know how to run their company better than outsiders is suspect argument. If this were the case, CEOs would never get fired and replaced by outsiders. And if this were the case, CEOs wouldn't drive companies into the ground. But this isn't the case. CEOs are just like everyone else. Some of them have bad ideas. Some of them make gambles that don't pay off. Some of them don't really understand their competitors that well. I'm not making a judgement as to Mayer's ability to run Yahoo, but the idea that an outsider can't have good suggestions for a company and CEO is crazy. Yes, a lot of people in the tech press like to make recommendations to companies that aren't well thought out and are perhaps done for linkbait reasons, but there is a lot of data on the merits of remote work, especially when done part time. I don't see any harm in pointing that out, and a debate about working environments and work-life balance is important. Mayer is not like most employees. Most people can't afford to hire help and to have a nursery built next to their office at work. She can, and she doesn't have to deal with the same issues that most of her employees do. Saying that we can't have a debate about this because we're not the CEO of Yahoo is crazy.