戴爾首席財務官下崗之謎
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????上周五，戴爾公司（Dell）宣布首席財務官布萊恩?格萊登即將離職，這是這家公司自去年私有化以來最重大的一起人事變動。戴爾企業財務控制官兼首席會計師托馬斯?斯威特將成為格萊登的繼任者。 ????邁克?戴爾在官方新聞稿中盛贊格萊登“貢獻巨大”，格萊登也表示，“隨著戴爾公司掀開新的篇章，我也決定踏上一段新的旅程。” ????我們完全有理由相信，格萊登是自己覺得已經完成了使命，同時熱切盼望新的發展機遇（戴爾公司的一位新聞發言人透露，曾在其他公司擔任過首席執行官的格萊登希望再次執掌一家公司。）同時，邁克?戴爾可能也為此異常沮喪，也曾經不遺余力的試圖挽留格萊登。 ????不過，我也想提出另外一種更難堪的可能性：格萊登是在種種明示暗示之下被迫走人。 ????格萊登擔任戴爾公司首席財務官期間，這家公司的財務業績一直達不到內部預期。事實上，在戴公司爾私有化過程中，由于財務部門表現太糟糕，公司特別委員會不得不聘請波士頓咨詢集團（Boston Consulting Group）對公司的前景進行獨立財務分析。換言之，戴爾公司不再相信格萊登及其團隊給出的財務數字。 ????所以，當時我曾經撰文寫道：“首席執行官布萊恩?格萊登還能保住飯碗簡直就是奇跡。” ????現在，他終于下崗了。（財富中文網） ????譯者：項航 |
????Dell Inc. today made its first major management change since being going private late last year, announcing that chief financial officer Brian Gladden is leaving the company. His replacement will be Thomas Sweet, who had been serving as the computer-maker's corporate controller and chief accounting officer. ????Michael Dell lauded Gladden's "many contributions" in a prepared statement, while Gladden said that "as Dell turns the page to start its next chapter, I have decided it is the right time for me to do the same." ????It is entirely possible that Gladden does indeed feel that his job at Dell is done, and he's excited about some new opportunity (a Dell spokesman notes that Gladden once was a CEO, and aspires to be one again). And it's equally possible that Michael Dell is saddened by Gladden's departure, and tried to convince him to stay. ????But let me propose a more cynical scenario: Gladden was pushed, either explicitly or implicitly. ????Gladden was the company's chief financial officer, but Dell's financial performance consistently came up short of its internal projections. In fact, things got so bad during the buyout process that Dell's special committee paid The Boston Consulting Group to provide an independent financial analysis of the company's prospects. In other words, Dell could no longer trust the numbers they were getting from Gladden and his team. ????At the time, I wrote that "it's kind of a wonder that CFO Brian Gladden still has his job." ????Well, now he doesn't. |
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