Lawsuit: Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer led illegal purge of male workers

Post by josephg » Fri, Oct 07, 2016, 4:50 AM UTC

CalChris wrote: post #21

matt4077 wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Mostly because there are people with opinions that differ from the hn/reddit echo chamber. Nobody denies that yahoo failed, but most people also believe that it's fate was sealed the day it refused to buy google, and that she did about as well as anybody would have. ...but also: she'd get a 60$ million bonus if fired, and considering that yahoo has already lost 90% of its former value and is being sold of, people pro…

Yahoo refused to buy Google? I don't remember that. In 2000, when Yahoo signed the deal to use Google search results, they also made an investment as well. IIRC, they sold that when Google went public. Obviously, Yahoo made a ton on that.

Post by spaceflunky » Fri, Oct 07, 2016, 4:56 AM UTC

argonaut wrote: post #7

I'm extra-suspicious of this lawsuit because of the opportunistic timing. He was fired in January 2015, more than 1.5 years ago. And yet the lawsuit is only filed now during Verizon's process of closing its acquisition of Yahoo. Whether or not he has a case, his motives now have an antagonistic taint because he no doubt timed this to maximize the PR damage and his chances of getting a quick settlement.

Post by [deleted] » Fri, Oct 07, 2016, 4:58 AM UTC

rdtsc wrote: post #10

> “We believe this process allows our team to develop and do their best work. Our performance-review process also allows for high performers to engage in increasingly larger opportunities at our company" Ok so has that worked out well for Yahoo? Clearly it's been enough time by now to do an evaluation of Yahoo practices looking back and say something like: "Yeah thanks to these great management practices we have reco…

Post by protomyth » Fri, Oct 07, 2016, 5:02 AM UTC

matt4077 wrote: post #17

melindajb wrote: post #11

Anyone who was unkind to Ellen Pao should really be rethinking themselves about now. Edit: Hn thread: why is diversity so important? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12576806 Me: if diversity is not important than this lawsuit is a joke and HN should be laughing at this lawsuit.

Funny you should mention her. I'm 100% sure that it can't be coincidence that the only "really bad CEOs" I keep hearing about on social media are Pao, Meyers and Elizabeth Holmes. But people really don't react kindly to accusations of sexism without proof. I wonder how unlikely it is that the 90% of male CEOs in high tech are all exemplary.

Post by blazespin » Fri, Oct 07, 2016, 5:03 AM UTC

pcurve wrote: post #20

“..less than 20 percent female. Within a year and a half those top managers were more than 80 percent female,” Even if they were not deliberate about it, they must have talked about how this might be perceived by employees. As bad as this issue is, I think hiring friend/referral/former colleague, especially en mass is much bigger issue that's rarely talked about because it's not necessarily illegal. However, I cannot…