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Carol Bartz Confirms Her Firing — From Her iPad

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Saying she's been fired "over the phone" seems a bit bush league. The CEO of a company serves at the pleasure of the board. We're not supposed to feel bad for her; this is the NFL. If things don't work, she's supposed to clear the way for someone who can, not spit in the board's face.

Not enough boards fire CEOs, is the problem we really have.

>Not enough boards fire CEOs, is the problem we really have.

Sure, but that doesn't mean they have to forego all tact in doing so...

You really feel bad for Carol Bartz?

It's not a matter of feeling bad for Ms. Bartz (at least I certainly don't!), it's just that it's super unclassy to fire somebody over the phone—unless they did something egregious—whether they're janitor or CEO.

I agree, for employees, or even m-team members. But the CEO should see something like a mile away if it's coming. The CEO-board relationship is not an employee-employer relationship; it something different.

Good point.

Agree, but I'd still be happy to lend the Microsoft board my iPhone for a couple of minutes...

It seems like her being fired over the phone is a bigger deal than sending email from an iPad. Would MG write, "From a Windows computer" if she sent it from a Windows PC? Or "From a BlackBerry" if from that? She has to send it from something right and the iPad is a pretty popular device. It's not like she sent it from a JooJoo or something.

I think you're reading too much in to it. It's simply amusing to see something with cheery intent being tacked on to such an email.

I immediately disable such options myself, for fear of looking like a ----

Given that those auto-applied signatures have been around for at least a decade, it seems odd to comment about them now.

Got an email the other day that closed "Sent from my biplane" and made me laugh.

The signature line seems an incidental indication of the cluelessness of this all.

A bit more central, what's with some "off the cuff" email as opposed to a considered announcement?

Now THAT I consider pretty unprofessional.

All Things D says "Bartz was apparently on a plane today on the East coast, as was Bostock coming West, so there was no chance to meet in person. But Bartz went for the dig anyway."

Confirming being fired from an iPad is so 2011, and it's actually a trend I don't mind seeing. Using Twitter, iPads, Skype, whatever - the tech is there so why not use it.

Getting fired over the phone, however, is a disgraceful move by the Yahoo board. She's the Chief Executive Officer. It's not a move that you make over the phone and without a plan about the response.

The accompanying image looks like something off 4chan. What's the deal?

The deal is that 4chan is influencing the mode of discourse on the web. For what that's worth.

I guess Reddit Inc. will be getting an application soon. Nice to see Tech Crunch still upholding their high standards of journalism despite Arrington's struggles.

I don't see the significance of this article. CEO reads email on a tablet? Sends a note immediately to confirm it?

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