Fiorina's new role trades on time at HP (McCain's future Secretary of (Chaos .. uh Commerce??)

AP on Yahoo ^ | 5/16/08 | Jordan Robertson - ap

[Cicero]

I have a very negative opinion of Carly. I thought I had made that clear, but maybe not. She was the ultimate affirmative action boss.

[Richard Kimball]

IIRC, wasn't she responsible for the stupidest corporate logo in the history of the world?

Dilbert did a series on this where Dogbert came up with the new corporate logo by putting his coffee cup down on a piece of paper.

[calcowgirl]

McCain has said he's not as strong on economics as he is on national security, so he needs accomplished business leaders, like Fiorina, advising him.

He must have a different idea of "accomplishment" than I do.

[Cicero]

It was not called a gentleman’s C for nothing. Perfectly respectable.

These days, with grade inflation, it would be a gentleman’s B—if we had any gentlemen of the old school left.

Gore had a C-/D, and clinton flunked out of Oxford.

[mbraynard]

"Fiorina says there are many parallels to politics and running a company. With more than 150,000 employees when Fiorina was fired, running HP could be compared to being mayor of a medium-sized city like Syracuse, N.Y."

Bhwahahahah. If HP was a City, Fiorina would be Mayor Ray Nagin.

[steve86]

Really? I remember exactly what I scored on the GRE in 1976 (not outstanding, but above the median in my entering grad school class). Always puzzled me how the median score could be in the low 90s percentile but it was. My girlfriend blew me and almost everyone else in the class away on the GRE — I could barely follow along as she was doing sample test questions and explaining what she was doing! In any event, the aptitude tests over time no doubt have pretty good longitudinal reliability, in terms of ranking test takers.

[the anti-liberal]

This is right in line with his recent statement to the effect that the border is now under control.

Personally, I'd rather not have a blind man in the White House, even if it is willful blindess.

[fieldmarshaldj]

"My girlfriend blew me and almost everyone else in the class away"

It's amazing how one word can change the entire meaning of a sentence... *cough*

[Calvin Locke]

I had a neighbor that worked for a division of AT&T. He had nothing good to say about Fiorina either.

[Non-Sequitur]

A prof, who probably hasn’t been in the business world in years if ever, doesn’t carry much weight with me.

It sure has been doing well since they dumped her.

[Calvin Locke]

I barely remember taking the GMAT. I can’t for the life of me, remember what they asked about. And that was roughly in 1989, maybe 1990.

[Slapshot68]

I’m not necessarily defending her, however HP wasn’t really in all that good a shape when she came in.

[Knitebane]

There, fixed it.......are you sure she ain’t being considered for FBI/CIA Director instead?.............

I was thinking FEMA Director. Or maybe BATFE. ;)

[Calvin Locke]

These days, with grade inflation,...

I had the assistant dean for an intro class back in 1976. He met with all the project groups, and he said then, a "Gentleman's C" wasn't what it used to be.

But this was engineering.

[Interesting Times]

My understanding is that Fiorina was the McCain campaign's second choice - unfortunately, the former captain of the Exxon Valdez was unavailable.

[JamesP81]

Fiorina, 53, joined the Republican senator's presidential campaign this spring. She brings with her a long list of wealthy friends and supporters and intimate insight into how some of the largest corporations work, having been at the helm of Hewlett-Packard Co. and before that, senior management at AT&T Inc. and its spinoff Lucent Technologies.

Clearly, this person should not be allowed to run anything. Speaking as software developer and IT guru, I wouldn't buy HP equipment (except maybe printers) if it was the last choice available. HP computers are difficult to work on, high maintenance, and their tech support is subpar.

When I was still in school, I would off and on work on computers for people around town on nights and weekends. I charged $25 an hour. Unless it was a Compaq or HP, in which case it was $50 an hour.

[calcowgirl]

This is right in line with his recent statement to the effect that the border is now under control.

That statement was made as a vision of where we would be after four years of a McCain administration, wasn't it?
(I don't much believe it, either way)

Personally, I'd rather not have a blind man in the White House, even if it is willful blindess.

I'd also like to not see Carly Fiorina anywhere in Govenrment. She's done enough damage for one lifetime.

[cynwoody]

[shrinkermd]

I am surprised at your condemnation of this effective person. In the last three years (since 2005)this stock has more than doubled. At the same time, the thing the family fired here for--purchase of Compaq--has been an outstanding success and HPQ is now the world's largest and most profitable microcomputer maker.

If you have time look: HERE.

She was, and is, an outstanding successful executive. Getting fired by the relatives of the founder of the company is not a black mark when the reason for the firing proved without merit.

Full disclosure: I bought and sold HPQ at a considerable profit.

[tarheelswamprat]

A prof, who probably hasn’t been in the business world in years if ever, doesn’t carry much weight with me.

He happens to be correct in his assessment, however.