Meg Whitman to be named new HP CEO

Post by whichdan » Thu, Sep 22, 2011, 8:22 PM UTC

drzaiusapelord wrote: post #28

seldo wrote: post #5

What do people think of Meg Whitman's record at eBay? She ran for governor on her record as CEO there, but eBay has always seemed to me like a terribly-led company, sitting on its laurels as first-mover and squandering opportunities to move into new markets while startups chip away at its core business.

The site is such a 90s throwback. I love getting emails to pay my ebay bill with instructions like "visit the site, login here, click there, then click here, and finally click here." Err, is generating a URL straight to payment such a problem?

Post by jacoblyles » Thu, Sep 22, 2011, 8:39 PM UTC

zackattack wrote: post #32

pedalpete wrote: post #25

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I agree with your comments about the 'bench', unfortunately, in many companies, the great people you have on the bench get snatched up by competitors, particularly if you are unable to inspire them with a coherent vision. Tim Cook was lured too Apple from Compaq, and though he was only at Compaq for 6 months, I suspect he was not engaged by HPs strategy there (I'm not positive that this was post-merger, but I think i…

>I'd like to see more CEOs put their money where their mouth is and take the majority of their salary in options, and I think the board should require that. That simply incentivizes CEOs to pump stock prices and not create long term shareholder value; moreover, the market can be unpredictable and if the stock price gets manipulated by dear Mr. Bernanke, why should the CEO be punished?

Post by 0x12 » Thu, Sep 22, 2011, 8:57 PM UTC

jemfinch wrote: post #8

vicparekh wrote: post #6

Meg is a really bad choice...

Can you explain why? (Otherwise it boggles my mind that you created an account solely for this post...)

Post by weinerk » Thu, Sep 22, 2011, 8:58 PM UTC

drzaiusapelord wrote: post #28

seldo wrote: post #5

What do people think of Meg Whitman's record at eBay? She ran for governor on her record as CEO there, but eBay has always seemed to me like a terribly-led company, sitting on its laurels as first-mover and squandering opportunities to move into new markets while startups chip away at its core business.

The site is such a 90s throwback. I love getting emails to pay my ebay bill with instructions like "visit the site, login here, click there, then click here, and finally click here." Err, is generating a URL straight to payment such a problem?

Post by efsavage » Thu, Sep 22, 2011, 9:00 PM UTC

0x12 wrote: post #44

jerhewet wrote: post #39

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Completely agree, looking at it from the viewpoint of a seller before Meg ran it into the ground. Yes, you HN Virginia's, she did run eBay into the ground. A simple Google search will turn up plenty of people on plenty of forums that can fill you in. The stock price tells the same story.

Where do you go to auction second hand stuff?