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So wait, is Apotheker out yet or not? Either way, what a waste of time his entire tenure has been.
what a waste of time his entire tenure has been
http://allthingsd.com/20110921/what-will-leo-apotheker-walk-...
I have much respect for Meg Whitman, but she is not an ideal pick for HP. Her experience is with consumer companies -- eBay, P&G, Disney...Especially if HP spins off its PC business, that leaves the company as essentially a pure enterprise hardware/software play. Don't do it HP.
Whitman could be very competent and turn things around, she sends likely a good message to wall street. But if I were the king of HP I'd be looking for someone who's got way more domain experience.
There was an article I read about this yesterday on one of the big tech websites, I'm not sure which one. HP basically hired a guy that was good at something, and operated in a certain way, and now that he's doing it, they're firing him. Granted, not everything has been well-executed, but come on, its like buying a motorcycle and then returning it because it isn't air-conditioned.
Really have to ponder why Whitman would take this job given the probability of being fired next year no matter what happens...
During Whitman's gubernatorial campaign there was a great quote on SFGate, something like: "Meg Whitman is the only force in the universe that could compel me to vote for Jerry Brown." I felt the same way, pretty much. I don't know much about her work at eBay, but the distant, autocratic way she ran her campaign -- she didn't get out and talk to people, she just stayed in her castle and put out ads -- strikes me as t…
Also, across the street from the eBay HQ in Campbell there was a restaurant that had failed and Hooters wanted to open a location in it's place. Meg fought Hooters for nearly two years.
Good luck HP, you're going to need it.
There was an article I read about this yesterday on one of the big tech websites, I'm not sure which one. HP basically hired a guy that was good at something, and operated in a certain way, and now that he's doing it, they're firing him. Granted, not everything has been well-executed, but come on, its like buying a motorcycle and then returning it because it isn't air-conditioned.
Really have to ponder why Whitman would take this job given the probability of being fired next year no matter what happens...
Being CEO of one of the world's largest companies is a similarly exclusive club. Who wouldn't take that job?
Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard - not to mention Steve Jobs, Gates, Zuckerberg etc. - earned their billions with brilliant and gutsy decision making, while these parasites earned their money by being better schmoozers than their business school classmates.
There was an article I read about this yesterday on one of the big tech websites, I'm not sure which one. HP basically hired a guy that was good at something, and operated in a certain way, and now that he's doing it, they're firing him. Granted, not everything has been well-executed, but come on, its like buying a motorcycle and then returning it because it isn't air-conditioned.