Before the Elevation Partners investment, Palm was known for keeping even the most moronic employees. Ever since HP took over, everybody runs.
TechCrunch now reports the following:
Hot on the heels of the massive story of HP CEO Mark Hurd’s resignation amid scandal, another high-level person has left the company. Peter Skillman, the Vice President of Design at Palm (which HP officially purchased in July) has left the company, we’ve confirmed.
It’s not clear where Skillman is going next, but he had been with Palm for 11 years. And that’s a big blow for HP as Skillman takes with him nearly 20 years of product design experience. At Palm, he was the man in charge of the design of the ill-fated but loved Pre.
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MercuryNews furthermore reports that the Oracle CEO has criticized the HP board for laying off Mark Hurd:
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Ellison also lambasted the board for “cowardly corporate political correctness” when it revealed a sexual harassment allegation against Hurd even though its own investigation determined the claim was unfounded.
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As of this writing, not much more is known. However, I predict that we’ll see a nice amount of openings at Palm’s soon…
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I thought 1) he was asked to resign and 2) it was because he fudged his expenses… I should pay more attention to the news I guess.
Hi Baal,
I have to honestly admit that I don’t really understand whats going on there either – and I have to admit that I don’t think these two departures are too significant.
Fresh blood = new, possibly good ideas. Samsung has a mandatory rotation program rotating employees from division to division every 8 months…
Just my 2 cents tho!
Tam