Does mteam really think that employees and the press are hare-brained?
Even a hare-brained employee (and there are many) could identify the discrepancy between a) the lie about Gideon's departure to the WSJ insinuating it a firing and b) the internal chum-chum memo saying "I will always be grateful to Gideon for his contributions"?
Creating separate versions of the email to chase down leakers is juvenile. Mtema -- no trust for no employees shows that you can't lead. If you were true leaders, employees wouldn't leak (and leak so many versions).
Also interesting is how Sheryl seems to have steered clear out of this. She and Gideon have never gotten along. But I guess the question is, who *does* get along with Sheryl? It's well-known in her husband's social circles that not even her husband's friends like her.
The management team -- Mark, Sheryl, Elliot, Dan, etc. -- has once again, shown its lack of integrity to the whole world. Congrats on destroying the morale of the company even more, guys.
Facebook has been interviewing to hire someone to run monetization to replace the current guy who runs it. Obviously it shows that the current direction isn't working and they care enough to fix it.
Guess where Facebook was ranked by these students? Last.
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[developers.facebook.com]
"In September 2008, we will open up the program, so you can apply for verification if you are interested. In addition to an application form, there will be a processing fee to cover costs of the review and to ensure that our teams focus on the applications that are serious about building user and business value."
Instead of focusing on a political quest that is destroying Facebook, perhaps Sheryl and Elliot would be better off doing work?
What results have Sheryl and Elliot produced since joining Facebook? A dying platform, no ad revenues, mass exodus of talent -- to top it all off, even Camille your admin quit. Great track record, guys. Go back to Google. But I doubt they'll have you back. If you're lucky, maybe Larry will have you in Washington.