Why villainize her specifically? Seems like the whole division has been in limbo for a decade. Maybe there are good reasons, I am uninformed on the matter, but hesitant whenever a woman gets run over in tech fora.
replyBecause she is literally the head of Xbox and signed off on this plan
replyBeing a woman doesn't make her not responsible despite being the ultimate decision maker in the division, nor should it shield her from criticism.
That's my question reworded: she wound up being in charge of this particular sinking ship at this particular point in time. Did she hole it below the waterline personally or no?
replyDoes it matter? The one person who takes responsibility for what occurs in a huge organization like Xbox is the person driving the ship. What's done is done. She is responsibile for the layoffs, whether they were made necessary by her or not. She is responsible for choosing to fire the idTech Director of Engine Tech. She owns all of it, because that is literally her job as CEO. Boo hoo her predecessor made terrible decisions too.
replyWhat makes you think that?
replyIf she didn't get paid to be the face of the blood letting then she didn't negotiate well enough.
replyClassic "glass floor" hire. Take the fall, get paid.
replyAlmost! The common term is "glass cliff":
reply> The glass cliff is a phenomenon described by psychologists Michelle K. Ryan and S. Alexander Haslam, in which women are more likely to break the "glass ceiling" (i.e. achieve leadership roles in business and government) during periods of crisis or downturn when the risk of failure is highest.
How do I find me one of these jobs? I think I could be some jackoff exec’s personal scapegoat for a while without issue.
replyTry to be born the right caste next time
replyIf you find out, let me know. I would only need to do it once and be set.
replyEnjoy death threats for the rest of your life and longer. Art Modell croaked over a decade ago and you can still feel the vitriol when listening to Browns fans talk about him.
reply1% world problems.
replyShe's a corporate executive. Maybe she's not willing to crash the business and take a golden parachute, but if so she's one of a vanishingly small crowd. I would personally bet that she's willing to slash and burn just like other corpos are.
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