Steve Ballmer lacked two things: vision and taste, - and his personal lackings ended up coloring all of MS’s efforts and products during his tenure as CEO.
Yeah, I think the only thing Ballmer has ever respected is money, he seems to me just a bean counter and obnoxiously hyped up “salesguy” in his personality, with not much depth beyond that.
If I recall correctly, there was a reported incident of him taking an employee’s personal iphone during a meeting and smashing it. While it’s understandable that a CEO might be upset that an employee is using the competition’s products, that is also a completely inappropriate response and destruction of property. Guy’s been an obnoxious asshole all his life, and has only been surrounded by people who had reason not to upset him - his ego has got to be through the roof.
Actually that last sentence is true of pretty much every rich shitbag out there.
Also a good ceo would ask why the employee uses the competition and treat it as free market research. Or just be a jackass that convinces them to associate your company with abuse
Steve Ballmer lacked two things: vision and taste, - and his personal lackings ended up coloring all of MS’s efforts and products during his tenure as CEO.
Don’t forget respect for human beings. He implemented particularly brutal stack-ranking.
Yeah, I think the only thing Ballmer has ever respected is money, he seems to me just a bean counter and obnoxiously hyped up “salesguy” in his personality, with not much depth beyond that.
I heard he’s pretty enthusiastic about developers, developers, developers, developers…
If I recall correctly, there was a reported incident of him taking an employee’s personal iphone during a meeting and smashing it. While it’s understandable that a CEO might be upset that an employee is using the competition’s products, that is also a completely inappropriate response and destruction of property. Guy’s been an obnoxious asshole all his life, and has only been surrounded by people who had reason not to upset him - his ego has got to be through the roof.
Actually that last sentence is true of pretty much every rich shitbag out there.
Also a good ceo would ask why the employee uses the competition and treat it as free market research. Or just be a jackass that convinces them to associate your company with abuse
Even though Ballmer was ceo during release, it was definitely the fucking moron Satya that buried Windows Phone.