8th Worst CEO

Bill Brown

CEO approval rating: 30%
Company: Harris Corporation
Glassdoor company rating: 3.0 / 5.0
Tenure as CEO: 5 years

William Brown, who has been at the helm of aerospace and defense contractor Harris for nearly five years, is one of the least liked CEOs of any major company. Many employee reviews attribute the declining morale and a burgeoning culture of distrust to Brown, speculating that his chief concerns — the company’s profits and shareholders — often come at the expense of employees.

By that measure he has been successful so far. Now trading at over $90 a share, Harris stock has gained by well over 150% in value from the time Brown took over in November 2011. Brown has managed to increase the value of his company in the eyes of shareholders. However, many current and former Harris employees allege that Brown is cutting costs by getting rid of more experienced and more expensive engineers in favor of younger engineers with less experience.

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I’m amazed by the naivety here. In what world do you think that BB remotely cares about an approval rating?? He is wealthy, came out of retirement to become more wealthy. If he has to take unpopular decisions to do that, even for a year, he will be dancing to the bank. This is not a popularity contest. We don’t elect him. He is selected by a board that’s equally corrupt.

In other words, he's another McNerney without the hype that Jimbo brought in from his vaunted GE. Remember, he was technical unemployed until 3M fished him out of the retirement tank. He will be here three years and break 3M up into 4 or 5 pieces.

8th Worst CEO. Were none of the 7 worst CEO’s available?

Unmistakable age discrimination.

"many current and former Harris employees allege that Brown is cutting costs by getting rid of more experienced and more expensive engineers in favor of YOUNGER engineers with less experience."

Cutting the LTIP isn't ageism, though...

It's not ageism to treat both the young and old alike equally poorly.

Ageism and age discrimination.

First step to cut LTI

"However, many current and former Harris employees allege that Brown is cutting costs by getting rid of more experienced and more expensive engineers in favor of younger engineers with less experience"

"This is going to hurt me more than it hurts you." 😃 😢 😭 😃

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