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Re:Verizon closes $4.5B acquisition of Yahoo, Marissa Mayer ... by 1024core on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @01:15PM (#14546485)
> She was a bad CEO and she deserved to be fired log ago.

On what basis are you claiming that? Do you have any idea about how the other CEOs before her did?

Disclaimer: I worked at Yahoo for several CEOs, including Mayer. I think she was the best CEO at Yahoo in a long time. So please, enlighten me why my impression of her is incorrect.

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Re:Verizon closes $4.5B acquisition of Yahoo, Marissa Mayer ... by 1024core on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @04:16PM (#14548216)
These are all outsiders second-guessing and, in many cases, just making shit up.

I was there. I saw the sea change she brought into the company. Morale skyrocketed, after the company was just drifting around for years. Compared to Carol Bartz, she was a CEO extraordinaire.

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Re:Verizon closes $4.5B acquisition of Yahoo, Marissa Mayer ... by vocatus_gate on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @05:33PM (#14548849)
Outsiders are often able to see much more clearly what's really going on with a dying organization.
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Re:Verizon closes $4.5B acquisition of Yahoo, Marissa Mayer ... by 1024core on Wednesday June 14, 2017 @12:26PM (#14553825)
Well, we should just listen to outsiders then, right? Who cares about what's happening internally when the outsiders see it all?

I remember reading Eric Jackson's screeds and he was clueless as hell.

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Re:Verizon closes $4.5B acquisition of Yahoo, Marissa Mayer ... by rewrew on Wednesday June 14, 2017 @02:38PM (#14554927)
I'm thinking I'm going to listen to the many, many outside experts, plus what I see myself reported by other insiders, vs. one anonymous insider I run across on a site who worked for her and appears to have bias.
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Re:Verizon closes $4.5B acquisition of Yahoo, Marissa Mayer ... by 1024core on Wednesday June 14, 2017 @06:17PM (#14556553)
That is your prerogative, and I wish you all the luck. I didn't work for her, I was 3 levels below her and experienced the sea-change when she came. After suffering through the likes of Semel, she was a huge, positive change.
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