“Carly was a disaster, she single handedly destroyed one of America’s greatest technical companies.”
I don’t remember HP doing particularly well before Carly - nor am I certain it’s been improved much since others took over. Most CEOs don’t last 5 years before being fired,
I’d like to see someone with experience laying off people take over the federal government and do the same with a vengeance.
You need to update your memory. Carly was an obvious disaster within 6 months, the board refused to fire her because she was a woman and kept her on for 5 years because the only reason they gave her the job was because she was a woman and would have to eat too much or crow to admit the disaster they created.
Carly was a great sales person, but had zero line experience and it was obvious she was over her head immediately. She should have never gotten the job and the board boxed themselves into a corner because they didn’t want to be seen as being anti woman after making such a big deal of hiring her in the first place.
Absolute disaster at all levels. She destroyed HP, if you think otherwise you need to go educate yourself on the whole episode.