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whats the difference between steeping down and being fired? Seriously asking..

• fusiongyro 14y ago
  If you step down, you save face. If you're fired, the company saves face.
  • weego 14y ago
    Though sometimes firing leads to the "Chaos at the top at Company X" which shareholders really don't like. Resigning is usually win/win at CEO level.
    • protomyth 14y ago
      If the company cannot handle getting a C-level executive to resign, then it is well and truly screwed.
    • gte910h 14y ago
      ESpecially since you're almost always a major stockholder
• jusben1369 14y ago
  Nobody gets fired unless it's super ugly. It would have been clear that should they have another miss he'd be expected to fall on the sword.
  • benjarrell 14y ago
    Sadly, I've seen people get fired to cover for CEO mistakes.
    • cookiecaper 14y ago
      By nobody I think he meant "nobody at C-level". Normal people get fired all the time, but if a company fires a C-level instead of giving him a chance to turn in his resignation, it's pretty much saying "this guy is completely unfit and horrific, do NOT hire him". If a normal person gets fired, it's usually for something normal and is not necessarily an attempt to destroy that person's future.
  • SimHacker 14y ago
    At Sun, they'd promote executives they wanted to get rid of to "Vice President in Charge of Finding a New Job".
• newishuser 14y ago
  Firing would have been a deliberate attempt on EA's part to tarnish his career. Stepping down is the nice corporate way of saying "You're a great guy but things just aren't working out."