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tgagneguam · 03-25-2008, 01:32 PM

Why is it when some industry executives make off-the-cuff comments they're considered leaders, but when this guy does so much hatred is directed toward him? Is it that people simply disagree with this guy's particular message, so now Ford should call him on it? Different circumstances in some ways, similar in other ways. The different reactions to recent off-the-cuff executive comments seem duplicitous, nonetheless.

I'm all about people speaking freely, but when you're hired by a corporation, when they pay your salary (and stock options, and company car, and "loans," and healthcare, and private jet flights, and...), they get to tell you how to comport yourself as an extension of the corporation. I think this man needs to be put on a short leash or let go, especially considering this doesn't seem to be the first faux pas of its kind for him.

But I do wonder who the villian in this situation is? The man who keeps making these remarks publicly or the corporation that readily tolerates those remarks.

03-25-2008, 01:32 PM	#9 (permalink)
tgagneguam 6.2 Liter LS9 Supercharged V8 Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 7,648	Re: Is Ford's Alan Mulally a lame duck? Why is it when some industry executives make off-the-cuff comments they're considered leaders, but when this guy does so much hatred is directed toward him? Is it that people simply disagree with this guy's particular message, so now Ford should call him on it? Different circumstances in some ways, similar in other ways. The different reactions to recent off-the-cuff executive comments seem duplicitous, nonetheless. I'm all about people speaking freely, but when you're hired by a corporation, when they pay your salary (and stock options, and company car, and "loans," and healthcare, and private jet flights, and...), they get to tell you how to comport yourself as an extension of the corporation. I think this man needs to be put on a short leash or let go, especially considering this doesn't seem to be the first faux pas of its kind for him. But I do wonder who the villian in this situation is? The man who keeps making these remarks publicly or the corporation that readily tolerates those remarks.