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Prediction: this major layoff won't be the only one Microsoft has to do in the next 2-3 years. So far I'm not convinced Nadella has what it takes to turn Micros
by higherpurpose 12y ago
Prediction: this major layoff won't be the only one Microsoft has to do in the next 2-3 years. So far I'm not convinced Nadella has what it takes to turn Microsoft around and turn it into a "growth" company. Maybe he does, maybe he doesn't. But the trend isn't favorable to Microsoft now, and if nothing much changes (other than some employee/cost cutting), then this trend will continue, and we'll see even more layoffs - at the top, too.
So far the media has mostly received Nadella in a positive light, but mainly because he's "new" and "different" than Ballmer. But that won't be enough to succeed. He also needs to be better than Ballmer as a CEO and product visionary. Much better.
- gretful 12y agoShouldn't be hard - I couldn't tell you a single product that Ballmer had a vision for. I heard a quote a couple of decades ago: "more companies die of digestion than starvation". I'd sure hate to see it happen here with Nokia and Microsoft.
- noddingham 12y ago|"more companies die of digestion than starvation". indigestion, the author of that quote is David Packard.
- Scuds 12y agothe CEO isn't _supposed_ to come up with the vision. Jobs's hands on work on products is an outlier for a company with a very small suite of products. MS is a place with a very large portfolio of products, many of which are invisible to the consumer.