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Mark Rubash, the Yahoo finance executive who recently left the troubled Web giant — this, despite having the favor of new president Sue Decker — emailed Valleywag to deny that he lost a turf war with Rachel Glaser. If anything, he won the turf war, he says, getting offered a job in which he would have overseen Glaser's group. Instead, he turned down the job and left altogether. He's now CFO at Rearden Commerce, a startup in Foster City. In his note, though, he leaves a tantalizing hint about Glaser.
Rubash noted that, though the new job would have given him authority over Glaser's group, he believed life would be "more enjoyable and rewarding elsewhere." Wow. As unpleasant as Glaser is to work for, could she really be that unpleasant to have as an underling, too? Apparently. Rumor has is that former Yahoo CEO Terry Semel banned Glaser — like Semel, an air commuter from L.A. to Yahoo's Sunnyvale HQ — from the corporate jet.
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It certainly take a lot of courage to bash someone after you walk out (not!). Feedback from yahoo's i know was that Rubash was simply an ex-Ebay accounting nerd who never really fit in at Yahoo and added little value to the organization, while Glaser, liked or not, gets the work done. If Rubash won the turf war, why would he not just replace Glaser? hmmmmmm.
Yup, i agree w/TangledWebWatcher. Rubash seems to be crowing over a pyric victory which cost him his job. Looks like Yahoo is finally cutting the long overdue dead weight and more has been piled on top of Semel & Co.
Classic dysfunctional shitfarm in Sunnyvale -- idiots spending more time stabbing each other in the back. Classic Semel: jerk bans this Rachel chick from the corporate jet but why didn't he axe her? Speaking of winning battles, does it look like Sue Decker has a predilection for placing women in just about all senior roles at Yahoo? Just curious, slightly chauvinistic question I know...
@BillLumbergh: I doubt Decker Show will last long...
After working in her Org for nearly 2 years......To say Ms Glaser is "widely disliked on the Sunnyvale campus" is being kind.
Because she would be threatened by any Internet exec who is competent. yahoo would be better off with Mark Zuckerberg running the show then her. I am not joking.
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