• nutsack@lemmy.world
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    9 hours ago

    sometimes you bring on a ceo just to get some controversial thing done. they can eat the blame and then leave

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      I’m embarrassed it took me so long to realize this. Somebody explained that to me recently, within the context of a conversation about layoffs. That CEO had no prior CEO experience, was only there for less than a year, and was part of the board of directors. In hindsight it seems so obvious.