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Anyone know how many people (% of employees) that Steve Jobs fired when he returned as CEO? How did he get rid of the cruft of poor performers that had accumula
by staunch 13y ago
Anyone know how many people (% of employees) that Steve Jobs fired when he returned as CEO? How did he get rid of the cruft of poor performers that had accumulated? Gradually? Or did he magically turn them around too?
I'm curious because it seems like Mayer has already doomed herself by not raising the caliber of the average Yahoo employee. Nothing hurts morale and productivity like working with colleagues you don't respect, in my experience.
- nickconfer 13y agoNot sure how you can make this assertion. You don't know how many employees she's let go, how many Jobs let go, and there is no evidence that the new hires Yahoo has made are not high quality employees.
- staunch 13y agoIt doesn't seem like too much of a leap to suggest that Yahoo's average (NOT peak) employee quality has waned over the years. I know Steve Jobs believed Apple's had, which is why I'm curious how he solved the same problem so successfully.