Comments on: McQuaid spins his side of the story http://plaguelands.com/2007/05/17/mcquaid-spins-his-side-of-the-story/ I smell your brain meats and it is spicy Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:45:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Krones http://plaguelands.com/2007/05/17/mcquaid-spins-his-side-of-the-story/#comment-152554 Krones Mon, 21 May 2007 10:51:23 +0000 http://plaguelands.com/2007/05/17/mcquaid-spins-his-side-of-the-story/#comment-152554 Good comment, it makes me wonder about all the nepotism involved as well , it's almost worse than seniority/good ol' boy network. Good comment, it makes me wonder about all the nepotism involved as well , it’s almost worse than seniority/good ol’ boy network.

]]> By: TGB http://plaguelands.com/2007/05/17/mcquaid-spins-his-side-of-the-story/#comment-152520 TGB Fri, 18 May 2007 21:17:36 +0000 http://plaguelands.com/2007/05/17/mcquaid-spins-his-side-of-the-story/#comment-152520 He hasn't fully accepted responsibility either. If it's not Microsoft's fault, it's ultimately someone else's. He says that the buck stops here, but in the interview, it clearly didn't. Now, of all mismanagement issues, and there are hundreds, the one that bothers me the most is that the president of the company was dating a Sr. Manager while his estranged wife still worked there. While I don't doubt that affairs happen in companies, they are discreet and rarely is the soon to be ex-wife at the company. I can't even begin to imagine how horrid it must have been to work there. As opposed to saying that it was inappropriate and in retrospect they should have actually done something, he gets wishy washy and explains doing nothing as not wanting to have a dry workplace. Oh, ok, so instead you will have people questioning why the president of the company is supporting the sr. manager of marketing in meetings, you will get people unsure of how to behave around everyone else. Ok, so why do I bring up this horrific example of how not to run a business, because if this was tolerated - then what else was tolerated. It might be an entertainment software company, but it's still a company and with over 100 employees, there needs to be professionalism. He hasn’t fully accepted responsibility either. If it’s not Microsoft’s fault, it’s ultimately someone else’s. He says that the buck stops here, but in the interview, it clearly didn’t.

Now, of all mismanagement issues, and there are hundreds, the one that bothers me the most is that the president of the company was dating a Sr. Manager while his estranged wife still worked there. While I don’t doubt that affairs happen in companies, they are discreet and rarely is the soon to be ex-wife at the company. I can’t even begin to imagine how horrid it must have been to work there. As opposed to saying that it was inappropriate and in retrospect they should have actually done something, he gets wishy washy and explains doing nothing as not wanting to have a dry workplace. Oh, ok, so instead you will have people questioning why the president of the company is supporting the sr. manager of marketing in meetings, you will get people unsure of how to behave around everyone else. Ok, so why do I bring up this horrific example of how not to run a business, because if this was tolerated - then what else was tolerated.

It might be an entertainment software company, but it’s still a company and with over 100 employees, there needs to be professionalism.

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