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The Chair Never Even Gets Warm
Tell Me How This Ends ^ | 20 Aug, 2025 | Chris Bray

Posted on 08/21/2025 8:59:55 AM PDT by MtnClimber

Explain this, because I can’t.

Something I’m seeing over and over again in the bios of “leaders,” especially of the girlboss-in-obnoxious-glasses variety, and read the “previously served” paragraph closely:

If we count the two Taco Bell jobs as one job, that’s at least eight companies and jobs in about three decades of work. Leading a brand “from April 2017 to January 2018” strikes me as a warning signal, not a sign of strength. If you name this person to lead a business, she’s going to do it for…a couple of years? Maybe? You’re not going to get stability and a sustained market strategy that takes your company forward over the course of the next decade or two; you’re going to get fourteen to twenty-three months of buzzwords, and then a parachute. I’ve worked for people like this. We’ve all worked for people like this.

See also the current Superintendent of Police in New Orleans, who came from a short tenure as the police chief in Oakland, California:

Prior to her tenure in Oakland, Kirkpatrick served as Bureau Chief in Chicago, where she was the liaison to the Department of Justice (DOJ) while the Chicago Police Department was under investigation for patterns and practice of civil rights violations, resulting in a consent decree. Kirkpatrick also served as Chief of Police in the cities of Ellensburg, Federal Way and Spokane, all in the State of Washington, as well as serving as Undersheriff of the King County Sheriff’s Office.

A cop who works as a senior leader for seven different police departments: a sign of maturity, depth, and commitment? Or a wind that blows through the office on its way to somewhere else? Why on earth does a mayor say, Oh, I want our city to be this person’s seventh police department!

Here’s a fawning profile of Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson:

In the 17 years following her graduation from law school, Jackson held a variety of legal jobs. She attained three federal clerkships, worked at four elite law firms, and served two stints with the Sentencing Commission. While much of that experience is typical for a Supreme Court short-lister, one line on Jackson’s resume is not: her mid-career decision to spend two years as a public defender.

It’s really impressive that she “worked at four elite law firms.” For example, “Jackson then snagged a highly sought-after spot as an associate at Miller Cassidy Larroca & Lewin, a Washington litigation boutique…Jackson left Miller Cassidy after a year for a third clerkship.” She often served at law firms, or in government jobs, for as long as two years. She was just that good, you see, so she never lasted anywhere.

Litigation moves slowly. It takes years to get complex commercial litigation to trial, or even to settle a consequential piece of commercial litigation. Serving at an elite law firm for a year is functionally meaningless. Cases are routinely parked for eight months at a time for quiet settlement discussions, or they grind through a year or two of “motion lawfare” before anything starts to happen. Someone who bounced off a long series of jobs like a stone skipping across a still lake has remarkably little experience taking a matter from opening controversy to final resolution. She spent thirty years catching little pieces of things, like a surgeon who did a residency in twenty-minute bites. “I was on a heart transplant Tuesday from noon to almost 12:18.”

But this has become an expectation. Picking something and sticking to it is a huge failure. The new CEO should come from eight to fourteen months of recent leadership experience, preferably in some form of musical chairs through different industries, Jaguar to Pepsi to Mattel, or the board has chosen poorly. Cultural incompatibility is especially sophisticated, and the former CEO of Saks Fifth Avenue is the perfect pick to lead NASCAR.

Target just replaced its longtime CEO, and the replacement is already regarded as a terrible pick and a huge crisis:

The 49-year-old Fiddelke rose through the Target ranks after starting as an intern. He has held positions across merchandising, finance, operations and human resources, including a recent stint as chief financial officer and his current role of chief operating officer. He also got tapped to lead the Enterprise Acceleration Office, a new effort that Target announced in May to kickstart its turnaround.

Yet Targets decision to hire the insider Fiddelke, instead of an external candidate, got a chilly reception. Investors responded to the pick with a stock selloff on Wednesday.

You can’t hire this loser, he has a bunch of…experience. Deep institutional knowledge and a long commitment to Widget Corp. makes Bob the wrong choice to lead Widget Corp.

I’ve watched city managers hire police chiefs, and they hate hiring the guy who used to be a patrol cop for the same department. An out-of-state hire is much sexier. With girlboss glasses? Massive win. It’s very creative and progressive, and the fact that they’ve never even laid eyes on your town before is, is, is — anyway, what were we saying?

What a strange cultural phenomenon. Your explanations welcome.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Society
KEYWORDS: employment; experience; girlboss; girlbosses; gurlboss; leftism

1 posted on 08/21/2025 8:59:55 AM PDT by MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber

It is still the leftist religion of wokeism and DEI.


2 posted on 08/21/2025 9:00:17 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

Anyone know the over/under for Cracker Barrel? Asking for a friend.


3 posted on 08/21/2025 9:06:17 AM PDT by Tommy Revolts
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To: MtnClimber

A former flame from my younger (and dumber days) was like that.

She was an attorney—moved from law firm to law firm to law firm getting “promotions” over and over and over again....probably had ten different employers in her career.

She gave great ah....

Interviews.

Lol.


4 posted on 08/21/2025 9:10:11 AM PDT by cgbg (It was not us. It was them--all along.)
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To: MtnClimber

I remember being told twenty years ago that staying in one place too long didn’t look good on a resume - it suggested a lack of ambition or...something.


5 posted on 08/21/2025 9:15:58 AM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Tommy Revolts
I heard that the "new" Cracker Barrell now has lots of rainbow LBGT merchandise in their store now. There is only over/under.
6 posted on 08/21/2025 9:17:28 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

If you count my service I’ve worked at 11 companies, 12 if you count the time I was an independent consultant in my 36 years post college.

An average of 3 years. One of those companies was 12 years (with 5 job titles, the longest being 5 years) and skews the overall.

My career is not abnormal. I made it into a strength as I’m now the guy that runs into a fire, puts a team in place, fixes the problems, and then starts looking for the next challenge as I’m getting bored.

I figure I have about 3 more roles before I’m ready to retire.


7 posted on 08/21/2025 9:19:27 AM PDT by reed13k
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To: MtnClimber

She is a corporate job hopper. Meaning, she sucks and keeps getting moved on. Most exec jobs require 3 years to get a bonus, so she seems to stay that long.


8 posted on 08/21/2025 9:21:24 AM PDT by CodeToad
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To: MtnClimber

They get reverse recruited. People who work with them often recommend them for other jobs. Foisted if you will to get rid of them.


9 posted on 08/21/2025 9:25:40 AM PDT by HYPOCRACY (Wake up, smell the cat food in your bank account. )
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To: Jamestown1630

I remember being told twenty years ago that staying in one place too long didn’t look good on a resume - it suggested a lack of ambition or...something.

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Huh. 9.5 years Air Force, four promotions.

39 years, starting with EG&G Special Projects, ending at JT4LLC. Eight promotions.

Short 3.5 month unemployed between.

That covers my work life.


10 posted on 08/21/2025 9:37:05 AM PDT by dagunk
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To: dagunk

I spent 41 years at the same institution :-)


11 posted on 08/21/2025 9:45:22 AM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: MtnClimber
The resume of Julie Felss Masino reads like a family member of a syndicate head.

These syndicates send in a trusted family member to oversee the setup of certain financial "arrangements" before being dispatched to the next one - who's really reporting to whom, how the communications channels run, how the investors are alerted before the other stakeholders, etc.

"As you know, to protect the Syndicate's investment in the operation, we're sending her in to set up the new arrangement."

12 posted on 08/21/2025 9:45:26 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: Tommy Revolts

how about an EdD as a prerequisite for a school superintendent?


13 posted on 08/21/2025 9:48:28 AM PDT by steve8714 (Latin Mass is beautiful. Even though the music wasn't written by pedo Jesuits.)
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To: MtnClimber

Barrel don’t need innovation.


14 posted on 08/21/2025 9:49:22 AM PDT by steve8714 (Latin Mass is beautiful. Even though the music wasn't written by pedo Jesuits.)
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To: MtnClimber

I see my kids’ friends (33-35 years old) moving from job to job at a pace that would have made my peers cringe.

I had a fast growth career. For the first ten years or so, I was promoted/transferred every 18 months or so. But it was all in the same company. So, on a resume my 15 years at that company would be “one line.”

But I guess loyalty to a company is a thing of the past. (And that isn’t always a bad thing.)


15 posted on 08/21/2025 9:56:23 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: cgbg

A former flame from my younger (and dumber days) was like that.

She was an attorney—moved from law firm to law firm to law firm getting “promotions” over and over and over again....probably had ten different employers in her career.

She gave great ah....

Interviews.

Lol.

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That type will do anything to get ‘ahead.’😀


16 posted on 08/21/2025 10:06:58 AM PDT by unclebankster (Globalism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. )
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To: reed13k
Textron 1980 to 1995.
SVG (chips) 1995 - 1998.
Lockheed Martin 1998 - 2025.

That's it.

17 posted on 08/21/2025 10:32:21 AM PDT by Psalm 73 ("You'll never hear surf music again" - J. Hendrix)
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To: steve8714

Maybe the new CEO will change the name to “Barrell of Trannies” and have Drag Queen Story Hour with nude twerking at your table.


18 posted on 08/21/2025 10:52:09 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

She has smart girl glasses so she must be smart.

But this is all DEI. Companies and governments hire them to put on the “commitment to diversity” link on their websites. The most damaging is the black female police chief. They will bounce from city to city getting more and more money while completely destroying the police force. Example. Danielle Outlaw (not a typo). She bounces from city to city. He first order of business when Portland hired her (great job she did controlling antifa) was to change the city dress code so she could wear her wigs and fake extra long gross fingernails. WOW. What leadership.


19 posted on 08/21/2025 3:08:51 PM PDT by Organic Panic ('Was I molested. I think so' - Ashley Biden in response to her father joining her in the shower. )
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