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Mark Hurd, could he be America's most toxic CEO? | americantoday — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:59:35 +0000

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By: FreeMarketsGuy

FreeMarketsGuy — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 23:03:06 +0000

Has everyone seen the "HP computers are racist" video yet. There are nearly 1 million views on YouTube and it is getting lots of coverage on the net. Video is at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4DT3tQqgRM
3 different stories at CNN, story at Mashable
http://mashable.com/2009/12/21/hp-face-tracking/

Join the facebook group "Before You Buy HP..."
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=212096792009

Look for links about HP at...
http://edsser.tumblr.com/

By: FreeMarketsGuy

FreeMarketsGuy — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:12:15 +0000

Be sure to read “Hewlett Packard CEO Mark H, you're fired!”
http://www.unionsocialmedia.org/profiles/blogs/...

Join the new Facebook group “Before You Buy HP…”
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=212096792009

By: HPInsider

HPInsider — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:55:16 +0000

See Mark Hurds speech at at Berkeley's Haas Business School here:
http://blog.parallon.com/2009/11/speech-by-hps-...

A good question about how Mark keeps the culture of HP in check.
How does kicking the rank and file during a recession and trying to lie about execs taking a pay cut help the culture of HP ?

I guess he's honest about one thing, being the CEO of Hewlett Packard 'The pay's good'

Screw you Mark.

By: Leftthebuilding

Leftthebuilding — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:39:05 +0000

I remember a coffe talk with John "OK" McCain of Services in late 2006. Among other topics he breezed over (although it stuck in my mind) was "we now have a new labour management (policy)". He was clearly very nervous and kept saying "OK" way to often as he seemed to day when he was unsure of himself. Quite soon after that we had the abolishment of any real training programs, the new employee grading scheme, the variable bonus fraud, the pay band scam etc.

This leads me to believe that sometime in the latter half of 2006, a dark plan was approved at the executive level. A dark playbook if you want. One that is full swing today.

Mark Hurd is not only greedy, he is standing firmly with both feet on the dark side. This is about more than (his) money. It's about total control. His control.

What could change this sad state of affairs?
- The destruction of the middle class of the US (HP is doing its part and more) -> significant fall in demand
- A real board instead of the current "review forum"
- A significant fall in demand due to crappy products and hapless service (e.g. increasingly crummy printers, PC's with obsolete components, anorectic support organisations etc)
- A mass exodus of skilled key employees
- Major labour action
- A revolt by middle managers and key account managers

This is like watching Star Wars or the Lord of the Rings: the rise and fall of evil.

By: Gotta stay secret

Gotta stay secret — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 09:56:40 +0000

Nothing new in the US, but I am betting that there will be a mass exodus when the market opens just a tiny bit. Wonder how many in US that made it through the EDS acquisition will make it in the additional redundancies that will occur with the 3Com acquisition….

By: Damian Saunders

Damian Saunders — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:26:58 +0000

If history is anything to go by, sooner or later the conditions will be met. No telling when, why, or how, but it's interesting none the less.

By: Damian Saunders

Damian Saunders — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:11:27 +0000

Brian I don't think your comments are negative at all, I think you're right, not necessarily about the lawyers, they would have nothing, but about the markets and the prevailing attitude.
Sad, but true, and probably just a symptom of a much deeper problem.
If I had any illusion about changing things I would be disappointed, but I don't.