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> The moral of this story is that you don't support a high-level executive that calls your users "sluts" and still keep your job as CEO. That's an interesting
by selmnoo 12y ago
> The moral of this story is that you don't support a high-level executive that calls your users "sluts" and still keep your job as CEO.
That's an interesting conclusion to draw from this.
Because, as others have pointed out, he still would have had his job if he had control of enough seats on the board, like Zuckerberg did. Indeed Zuckerberg still has a job after calling FB users "dumb fucks" and offering his friend private information of anyone at Harvard (including private photos, private messages, etc. etc.) http://www.businessinsider.com/well-these-new-zuckerberg-ims-wont-help-facebooks-privacy-problems-2010-5?IR=T http://www.businessinsider.com/well-these-new-zuckerberg-ims...
- cbsmith 12y agoI can't get over how often Zuckerberg is being used as a reference here. Sure, if you still control the company, it's hard for you to be fired. That's s tautology.
- selmnoo 12y agoRight, I only brought it up in light of rayiner's comment -- that saying misogynistic, shitty things makes you lose your job as CEO. It doesn't, at least not when you control the board.
- cbsmith 12y agoThere seem to be a preponderance of founders under the illusion that a) this is practical in their circumstance and b) that this is desirable in their circumstance. While it was true for Zuckerberg, it is hardly true for most.
- selmnoo 12y agoCan you expand upon why you think it would not be desirable?
- cbsmith 12y agoParticularly if you are an inexperienced founder, there comes a point where you and everyone else is better off with some checks and balances on your judgement. Having to hold yourself accounting to some other parties, assuming they the best interests of the company at heart, is a good thing.
- rayiner 12y agoSure, if you're a sole founder with control of the board, you can do that. If you're someone like Rad, selected to head up what is essentially a subsidiary of a public corporation. Most CEO's have the favor of the board, but don't have so much pull that they won't be replaced if they become a liability.