HP CEO Resigns During Sexual Harassment Investigation 233
A number of readers are letting us know that HP CEO Mark Hurd just resigned over sexual harassment accusations. The company's board has appointed CFO Cathie Lesjak as interim CEO. A contractor had accused Hurd of sexual harassment, and the board brought in outside counsel to investigate. While the harassment claim could not be substantiated, the investigation did uncover other misconduct. Hurd's "close personal relationship" with the contractor created a conflict of interest, and he was also found to have misused company assets. In a statement, Hurd said, "As the investigation progressed, I realized there were instances in which I did not live up to the standards and principles of trust, respect and integrity that I have espoused at HP and which have guided me throughout my career."
Re:Wasn't he the CEO during the pretexting scandal (Score:5, Funny)
"As the investigation progressed, I realized there were instances in which I did not live up to the standards and principles..."
Thank goodness there was an investigation, so he could realize what he had done!
Re:"realized"? (Score:5, Funny)
He "realized there were instances" of misconduct on his part? More like he realized he'd been caught.
"Realized" means, his lawyers told him, "You're fucked."
Re:Crap floats. (Score:5, Funny)
This is good news! (Score:5, Funny)
Now that the Hurd is abandonware, will HP contribute the source back tot he community?
I've been waiting for Gnu to deliver the Hurd for the last 20 years, and this might be enough to get them over the hump.
download link? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Wasn't he the CEO during the pretexting scandal (Score:3, Funny)
No, that kind of casing is for products less than 100 cm^3 only. Anything bigger doesn't need protective casing since there's no possible rearrangement of particles that could make it any less useful.
Re:What info do we have on his... (Score:5, Funny)
One made from 100 dollar bills and wet with the tears of laid off employees and their families. It's probably monogrammed with his initials too.
Re:"realized"? (Score:3, Funny)
*caption: "[Golly]"
Re:Wasn't he the CEO during the pretexting scandal (Score:5, Funny)
Well Done, Sarcastic Boy!
Now, off to the Alliteration Mobile!
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Re:Wasn't he the CEO during the pretexting scandal (Score:5, Funny)
I can't seem to remember ANY employee of a tech company that had anything good to say about the company they work for...
I just want to preemptively get this in:
Google is not a tech company - they're an ad agency.
Re:Crap floats. (Score:5, Funny)
You only say these things because of your repressive mother.
So THAT's why HP bought Palm (Score:4, Funny)
They wanted to be able to say, "No, your Honor, we didn't say we were pretexting, we said we were Pre texting."
Wig / Comb Over (Score:4, Funny)
Gosh, his corporate picture is terrifying! He's combing hair over from his right ear (as we look at it), adding various bits of hair, to pretend he isn't balding!
WIG! WIG!
Re:"contractors" like this, so no women taken srsl (Score:2, Funny)
Don't hate the player, hate the game... and all the feminists who demanded the rules be written in the favor of the exact type of woman who undermines feminist principles of autonomy, and a self-sufficient women of equal standing.
They created a legal situation that creates huge financial incentives for women to sleep their way to the top.
The name of the game is:
Seduce one superior after another until the ruse is up: then sue for sexual harassment and when the coke/plastic surgery money runs out: sweep it under the rug so that the next unsuspecting human resources manager will hire the affirmative action queen.
Meanwhile: cynical opportunists write op ed pieces about needing more women in the sciences, effectively keeping the game alive.
Meanwhile, chauvinist pigs such as myself crack jokes about the entire thing, and create a culture hostile to women. Effectively creating the "glass ceiling" professional failures that don't know the correct way to advance their careers love to bitch about. They demand Standards of Business Conduct, internal complaint processes, and sexual harassment laws effectively completing the cycle.
Re:"realized"? (Score:3, Funny)
Hehe... I love ignorance [youtube.com] as an excuse.
Re:Resigned? Yeah right! He got his ass fired! (Score:3, Funny)
it's slashdot, you aren't in the computer industry?
I think the GPP was talking about the CEO industry, which is quite separate from the industry of any company the CEO happens to be running at the moment. It's really bizarre how successful the business model is: tell people what to do, even when what you tell them to do is quite clearly contrary to their own interests and the interests of the company, and they give you gobs of money for it; then when they finally get sick of doing all the stupid and counterproductive things you've been telling them to do, they give you even more money on your way out the door.
Imagine, if, oh, say, plumbing worked that way.
"Hi, is this Joe's Plumbing? My toilet's leaking, what should I do?"
"Okay, what you need to do is turn off your water, disconnect the toilet, and then turn the water back on."
"Um ... shouldn't I connect a new toilet first?"
"No, trust me, it'll be fine."
"Great, thanks! Here's my Visa card number ... Okay, hold on a minute, let me try this ... now I've got water gushing out of my bathroom and flooding all over my house!"
"Sorry, can't be helped. That just happens sometimes."
"You're incompetent! I'm going to call another plumber who knows what the hell he's talking about! Oh, and before I hang up, here's my Mastercard number too."
Re:SBC (Score:0, Funny)
Re:Wasn't he the CEO during the pretexting scandal (Score:3, Funny)
They should have known that Hurd is unstable [gnu.org]
Re:Wasn't he the CEO during the pretexting scandal (Score:5, Funny)
**Sniff** I remember when HP was a well respected company and its equipment was built like a tank
These days, the packaging is built like a tank's.