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Miles Archer

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11. You're right, leadership can't be taught.

Reply to paleotn (Reply #8)

Thu Dec 25, 2025, 10:52 AM

Dec 25

The workers ALWAYS WIELD the TRUE power.

I had ANOTHER boss who was beyond awful. She lied about her qualifications when she was hired. One time I made the mistake of telling her I was interested in career advancement. She looked right at me and said "Well, don't look at MY job, because I'm not going ANYWHERE."

I hinted at my departure when speaking with a manager in the department. The VP called me into his office and asked me what was going on. I basically said she didn't know what she was doing, people didn't like her, and that was it. His gaze narrowed and he looked at me and said "A lot of things could happen. She could fall out of an airplane."

THAT IS A DIRECT QUOTE.

They fired her several days later.

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Bari Weiss reminds me of Carly Fiorina, the Hewlett Packard boss that no one liked [View all] Miles Archer Dec 25 OP

Compared Bari Weiss, Carli Fiorina got much more work done ... Intractable Dec 25 #1

Fiorina's fate was sealed with that "No one has a God-given right to a job" quote Miles Archer Dec 25 #2

At least the plastics guys were competent and she doesn't look like The Joker's sister. paleotn Dec 25 #9

Weiss is Jesse Helms, reincarnated bucolic_frolic Dec 25 #3

I have an inkling ole Bari will be gone by the middle/end of January. Execs cannot be happy with the way CBS is being SheilaAnn Dec 25 #4

She's attracting daily negative headlines like a magnet Miles Archer Dec 25 #5

I think Megyn Kelly is gunning for her job Takket Dec 25 #6

Kelly was a disaster at NBC and left after two years NCDem47 Dec 25 #13

Apt comparison. Paladin Dec 25 #7

Sometimes we have to approach people in the right way, at the right time. Miles Archer Dec 25 #10

Good analogy. Weiss will get undercut at every turn. paleotn Dec 25 #8

You're right, leadership can't be taught. Miles Archer Dec 25 #11

I remember Carly the same way RainCaster Dec 25 #12

After Fiorina obtained two masters degrees, she had 19 years' experience and promotion as a manager at AT&T and Lucent. Simeon Salus Dec 26 #14