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To: printhead

Actually, Lew Platt (her predecessor at HP) did the Agilent spin-off IIRC.


13 posted on 10/09/2006 9:43:05 AM PDT by jtal
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To: jtal; NHResident
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.
35 posted on 10/09/2006 11:40:12 AM PDT by printhead
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