Yahoo! needs to learn some manners. It’s all over the news this morning. Carol Bartz, beleaguered and much maligned CEO of Yahoo! has been fired. Over the phone. By the Chairman of the Board. Class.
There is a right and wrong way to do things. Fired over the phone is firmly in the ‘wrong’ camp. It’s inexcusable.
This from Mashable
Carol Bartz’s Memo to All Employees: I’ve Just Been Fired
There are a number of issues here that I find appalling. Regardless of your views on Carol Bartz performance, firing someone over the phone is cowardly, no matter what that person’s role in the organisation. To then allow employees to find out their Boss has been fired via an email sent from her IPad smacks of a poorly thought through, poorly executed dismissal.
What does this shambles tell you about Yahoo! What impact does this have on the Employer brand? Is this the kind of organisation you would want to work for?
Every organisation has it’s share of ups and downs. Yahoo! is no exception. Regardless of the performance of share price, your top or bottom line, how you deal with your people is crucial to your long term success. If the performance of the Yahoo! Chairman in the debacle that has been Bartz dismissal is anything to go by, they have more tough times to come.
