[geeks] Glad I don't live in Texas!

[David Passmore]

I have worked with several female VPs and CEOs. I can say unabashedly that
there was one female VP who was outstanding to work with (any ex-DIGEX'ers
on the list will know exactly of whom I speak), and that the two female CEOs
I have worked under sucked pretty badly. One of them even ran my company
into the ground for a bribe (generous severance package) from AT&T, and
destroyed inexpensive, decent cable broadband in the process.

I hear that Carly Fiorina isn't much better, either.

So, I think the logic that 'female executives must be better than their
male counterparts' is full of poo.

David

On Thu, Jun 13, 2002 at 10:34:51AM -0400, kamakazi wrote:

> That brings up an interesting point.  There seems to be a benefit of the
> glass ceiling (please, no flames, I am all for equal treatment of women)
> for those who work under women executives.  My theory is that the women
> who manage to get above low level exec positions are really the best of
> the best, because, unfortunately, given a man and a woman with equal
> qualifications, most often the man gets the job. (in fact, many times a
> less qualified man will get the job)  This is based on the fact that the
> few times I have had women in positions over me they have been good
> reliable bosses, I can't say the same for bunches of the male bosses I
> have had. Of course I have also worked with women who would have made
> lousy bosses, but they never got to be bosses.  My last boss actually
> got the boss job because he was a lousy technician, so they promoted him
> to boss of technicians.  There is logic for you.