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Originally Posted by hacker
This is actually pretty common in companies (especially technology companies), and happens for several reasons:
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True, but...
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A change in vision or company direction (or one coming up)
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Agreed. But isn't palmOne in a niche market where a change in direction such extreme that most top execs would have to be replaced isn't really thinkable?
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Budgetary issues, that require them to save money to last until the next quarterly earnings statements to their shareholders (To save the most money by losing the least staff, start at the top)
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Sounds like the perfect world; alas, this is not how it works. Top execs (especially CEOs) are not voluntarily leaving their jobs or even cutting their salaries just to make shareholders more happy.
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Personality conflicts with those in the management team...Fraud...Incompetence
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All of which would be very bad for palmOne if this could be applied to one or all of the three former palmOne exec.
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We'll see what happens in the next few months, however.
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Agreed! I am very curious to see where palmOne is heading.