Three words: politics, politics & politics. The working environment reflects Meg Whitman's own political style ... which is to say ruthless and passive-aggressive. Meg and her leadership team managed to transform Pierre's utopian vision and great business idea into a sharp-edged organization feeding the Street quarter to quarter. What a shame. Meg's gone now but the die is cast ... I'm still in touch with lots of friends at eBay and nothing's really changed -- except they renamed eBay Park "Whitman Campus" and now there's a Hooters across the street. I'll bet Meg's blueblooded sensibilities are deeply offended by that ... hilarious. Anyway, I ultimately left eBay because I couldn't square the incredible opportunity there with how they've sucked all the life out of Pierre's original vision. That, and because it's a sweatshop that inevitably burns people out and then tells them they seem less engaged. Wha??
