2011《财富》最愚蠢商业事件大盘点（上）

雅虎被逐女掌门冲冠一怒

    雅虎CEO卡罗尔•巴茨被迫离职，并不值得大惊小怪。毕竟，公司全年一直都在苦苦挣扎。但即便人们早有预料，公司辞退她的方式仍然令人震惊：雅虎董事会主席罗伊•波斯托克敷衍了事地打个电话就把她赶出了公司。

    之后，巴茨很快在发给全体员工的电子邮件中，向她的前下属们公布了这则消息和自己被解雇的方式。短信的开头是：“各位同仁，很不幸告诉大家，我刚刚被解雇了。”但最有趣的是信的结尾行：“以上信息通过我的iPad发送。”

    看起来就像是巴茨刚刚挂断波斯托克的电话，就马上抓起键盘，怒不可遏地敲出了最后的告别信。

    可她余怒未消。遭到解雇两天之后，巴茨在接受《财富》杂志（Fortune）独家采访时，再次提到了将她扫地出门的雅虎董事会：“这帮家伙耍了我。”

    哦，卡罗尔，没有了你，科技界将顿失色彩，以及你那“精彩的国骂”。——朱利安•波比顿

Carol Bartz's ouster: "Sent from my iPad"

    CEO Carol Bartz's forced departure from Yahoo was no big surprise -- the company had been visibly floundering all year. But even those who expected Bartz's firing were shocked by how the ax finally swung: Yahoo board chairman Roy Bostock dumped her unceremoniously by phone.

    Bartz relayed the news -- and the manner of her firing -- to her former charges in an all-hands email soon after. "To all, I am very sad to tell you that I've just been fired," the short missive began. But the best bit was its ending line: "Sent from my iPad."

    It's like Bartz hung up with Bostock and snatched up the nearest keyboard to bang out her final farewell.

    She wasn't done. Two days after she was sacked, Bartz gave an exclusive interview to Fortune, saying of the Yahoo board that fired her: "These people f---ed me over."

    Oh, Carol. The tech world will never be quite so colorful -- and full of four-letter words -- without you. -- Julianne Pepitone