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Well, I agree with you that by 90s and 00s corporate standards that she probably did no wrong by hiring the mind numbing, overpaid team building consultants.

In the 90s our work group was directed to a "ropes" type of team building exercise in which employees donned helmets and climed highwires, performed acrobatics at about 30 feet off the ground and numerous other circus type tricks under the guise of teambuilding. It had nothing to do with work and left no impact other than to the enhanced pocketbook of the management consultant charlatan.

The treadmill was over the top and I think that is what did the bureaucrat in.

It is just fun to see the overbearing, arrogant member of management take a fall for for stupid policies they inflict on their subordinates.

I had the pleasure or working for this woman, and now for her successor. This article does not begin to address some of the more serious issues.

I think what got her in the most hot water was her frequent promotion of unqualified friends to management positions. For example, she hired a friend who managed a flower shop, until it went bankrupt, and then promoted her to a position that is equivalent to a GS-15 ($110,000).

She did the same with the former baby sitter of her kids. This one has a G.E.D., that is in question, and is pulling down over $100,000 managing CPAs, MBAs, etc.

There was also the time when one of her friends/employees wanted to buy a house, but didn't have enough $$ for the down payment. Karla gave the friend and her husband (who also worked for Karla) each a $10,000 bonus for outstanding achievement. Bonuses of this size are virtually unheard of. It's rare for anyone to get a bonus greater than $1,500.

It is also rumored that she hired her boyfriend's ex-wife, so he wouldn't have to pay as much alimony. I know that the investigators were looking into this, but have no idea if it was substantitated.

All in all, I don't think it was her ridiculous management style that did her in, but her rampant abuse of her position.