Carly Fiorina Positioned for Comeback

newsfactor ^ | October 9, 2006 | Brian Bergstein

[NHResident]

Carley succeeded at Bell because: 1)she was put in charge of departments which were cost not profit centers and she proved they weren't contributing to the business, so - 2) she made the case to dismantle the departments. Ergo, she was a 'hero' and rising star especially as a female. She was a specialist in eliminating organizations not building the. At HP, she fired indiscriminately, and 'outsourced' and 'feminized' the executive suite (with international hires and mediocre females who lacked experience and ability.)

She was disgrace and embarrassmentto all the very competent females who successfully work and contribute to the high tech market.

[July 4th]

Which company is she out to destroy this time?

[montag813]

"Besides her $21 million severance pay, she began 2006 with 850,000 HP shares -- a stake that size is worth $31 million now."

It is worth that much no thanks to her. This is how HPQ has performed since her firing. Up more than 100%..

Carly Fiorina was one of the most inept, overrated, incompetant CEO's in American corporate history. Anyone who gives her a similar job deserves the stock-shredding mayhem she will no doubt bring to their company.

[TommyDale]

As a formeer HP employee, may I say that if Carly Fiorina ever decides to run for public office, that I will be most happy to vote against her.

[montag813]

At a reception for presenters at the Babson conference, people waited 15 minutes or more to meet Fiorina

I've seen longer lines to meet Ann Coulter, a true self-made woman.

[Chuck Dent]

Always sell stock that has a CEO that is either (a) an affirmative-action hire like Carly; or (b) a 3rd-4th generation scion like Ford; or (c) the replacement for the brilliant maniac who built the company after he's bailed eg Microsoft.

[babygene]

"At a reception for presenters at the Babson conference, people waited 15 minutes or more to meet Fiorina"

What do you want to bet that they all had to go through a metal detector first...

While at HP, at least when she visited Boise, she brought her numerous personal body guards with her.

She was rightfully afraid for her life among HP employees.

[Poison Pill]

"Anyone who gives her a similar job deserves the stock-shredding mayhem she will no doubt bring to their company."


I nominate Airbus.

[Pox]

"I feel incredibly blessed," she said. "I am an unexpected success story to myself."

It's all about Carly, I see. She was a disaster for HP, and that fact has nothing to do with her gender. Forcing her out was the best thing to happen at HP in a long while.

[LiberalBassTurds]

My thoughts exactly. Those words, as it relates to this situation, are pure nonsense as is the entire article.

LBT
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[Doctor Stochastic]

Complete destruction of Lucent and sever damage to HP.

[longtermmemmory]

"women in business conference"

Translation, a bunch of feminists who hate men and want special treatment so they can then blame failure on something other than their own incompetence.

Did she really succeed or did she just have good microphones?

[packrat35]

Didn't she almost destroy Lucent also. Her only reason for promotion seem to be she is a female.

[Semperfi.Ex.USMC]

Kawaii, I'm not too sure by your comment regarding the article. Gil tried a lot of things while he was at Apple.

I know Gil well. Have for 25 years. Gil did a terrific job at Rockwell and National Semi. He was convinced to move to Apple to clean up the mess.

Gil had a falling out with the press when he snubbed Clinton during the first campaign. Ellison requested Gil attend a "event" to be presented with a recognition award. Gil had his admin check into the event and found out it was an endorsement for Bill Clinton. Gil canceled. The press took this (rightly so...) as a snub to Clinton and the trashing began.

When Gil brought Jobs back into the fold at Apple, he made a big mistake. This mistake came back at him when Jobs' stabbed Gil in the back and forced Gil out of Apple. The MSM press grabbed this as another opportunity to trash Gil's reputation again. Reality is that Gil got the financial mess at Apple under control, was working on the product strategy and failed to clean up the culture at Apple.

Semper Fi

[printhead]

Actually, IIRC Lew may have made the case but I remember all the justifications she came up with for doing so. Now you're making me want to dig through all those articles. As for her tenure at Lucent; my brothers' neighbor in Marrietta, GA is a retired exec from Lucent. He tells me her claim to fame wh ich she also brought to HP was this forced ranking curve in which 10% of any workgroup is assigned to an "unacceptable" performance band. Now you're justified in letting 10% of you r workforce go at any time. The beauty is that of the remain ders (one of Carly's lines; "Some of us won't be here to con tinue the journey..") 10% of them are now "unacceptable". No conscience required. Bill and Dave would be proud.

[BurbankKarl]

Meanwhile, her minions are all facing prison in California for their wiretapping adventure, "to get those people" who got Carly fired.

Give me a break.