Spending billions on pipe dream projects that fail over so many years, it's amazing he lasted this long. Anyone remember the SAP multi-billion dollar mistake? They even built an additional data center to house it. Having foreign workers is extremely convenient in many ways. Fire all the contractors and start over - we certainly didn't do anything wrong. But the fact of the matter is most of these boondoggle projects had nothing to do with incompetent people working on the implementation. They were seriously flawed ideas right from the start. The most remarkable part is how they sit there claiming success. Anyone with even a slight view under that carpet knows otherwise.
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Hope so...never thought much of him
After having been at Pepsi for more than twelve years and seen all the time and money wasting bullshit projects that somehow fast-talking and desperate managers promoted, I'm not surprised that someone would have to pay the price. Still, after moving IT from Somers to Purchase and Westchester Avenue in White Plains, there are a multitude of employees who could be let go - not because they aren't knowledgeable or aren't hard working if there's something to put an effort to, but because Pepsi just doesn't need those people. Except for maintaining the data, everything else could be completely outsourced. No further outlandish projects designed to keep underperforming managers on the payroll or AOP plans necessary.
I heard the same rumor but I do not believe it. I was never a big fan of Robert anyway. Another fallen CIO, what else is new.