Talk:Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.

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[edit] Axe grinding

• Whilst I've no objection to the second paragraph, the comments therein do seem a little strong and lacking in balance or context, as if the author has an axe to grind. This article could probably do with expanding. Andrewferrier 21:20, 2004 Nov 8 (UTC)
  • Agree. - Jerryseinfeld 16:05, 9 Nov 2004 (UTC)
• This sentence seems to lack NPOV: "Gerstner profited immensely during his reign in stark contrast to many loyal employees." –DeweyQ 17:23, 9 May 2005 (UTC)
• I decided to remove the offending sentence despite lack of feedback here. "Gerstner profited immensely during his reign in stark contrast to many loyal employees" does not define "immensely", nor does it specify what the long-time employees got in the way of severance pay and re-employment services. If, for example, someone received 5 weeks of pay for every year of service and was re-employed within five months, they very likely would show a "profit". The apparently obscene inequities inherent in most corporate executive compensation is perhaps a topic of a different article. –DeweyQ 02:52, 26 May 2005 (UTC)
• "Gerstner and his Australian henchman Robert Savage are credited with the selling off of the IBM Wangaratta facility and its employees to a venture capitalist which ultimately left many ex-employees deeply embittered." This sentence has been added by someone I suspect is the same anonymous contributor as the other POV statements. I would like feedback on this before I modify it, since I know nothing of the specifics. The language used is POV and inflammatory. –DeweyQ 15:13, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)