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  • Manalith@midwest.socialEnglish
    41·
    8 months ago

    Are you referring to the foundation president Mark Surman or the corporation CEO Laura Chambers? She seems to be an interim position holder, so I guess whatcha referring to?

    • Dojan@lemmy.worldEnglish
      41·
      8 months ago

      Laura. Her past affiliations are concerning. I’m aware she’s seated on an interim position, but I can’t imagine that there weren’t any better candidates.

      • ripcord@lemmy.worldEnglish
        72·
        8 months ago

        Ok, that’s why she’s interim and they’re looking for someone else.

      • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        8 months ago

        Not everything in her past is stuff I like, am interested in, or agree with, but I don’t see anything in her history that means she can’t be a CEO or that her appointment should concern me.

        What has she done that makes you worry?

        • Dojan@lemmy.worldEnglish
          41·
          8 months ago

          It’s not her actions, it’s her past workplaces. AirBnB in particular is concerning. It’s not exactly a secret that thanks to AirBnBs business model, and the lack of regulation of it, that the housing markets in several countries have gotten fucked completely. Something she chose to work with and directly support.

          I somehow rank the right to have a place to live slightly above the right to have open access to the internet (though not by much), and as such I wouldn’t want anyone with her affiliations in any such senior position at Mozilla, temporary or no.

          • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldEnglish
            5·
            8 months ago

            I 100% agree with your stance on AirBnB.

            I just don’t see how that would make someone ineffective as an interim CEO for a web browser company

            Shit, I have history working for McDonald’s, HP, and IBM. All companies that have also done a litany of questionable shit. Does it make me bad? Am I not pure enough for Mozilla either?

    • EdibleFriend@lemmy.worldEnglish
      329·
      8 months ago

      Pretty sure he’s saying there should be no ultimate head. Which…umm…if you get rid of CEO then someone below them is in charge and then you just keep cutting people until nobody is left lol

      • Dojan@lemmy.worldEnglish
        22·
        8 months ago

        That’s not at all what I said. You’re conflating my comment with that of someone else.

      • Manalith@midwest.socialEnglish
        4·
        8 months ago

        Maybe I’m wrong, but it seems like for the most part, at least for big decisions, the corporation answers to the foundation which is more of a commitee anyway. Maybe they’re kept more separate than that, but that’s the impression that I got.