Remember when the Bears tried to turn Devin Hester into a receiver? Remember how well that worked? Well, apply that idea to most upper management. I'm sure they were good at a job at some point, but they're all in over their heads now. And the leadership isn't adequate enough to right all those ships.
I think they, the powers that be at CareerBuilder, look at this as "empowering" people to improve, akin to managing their own small businesses under the umbrella of a large and irrelevant business. Especially on the marketing side of things. Ask anyone who has worked there about their absentee and recently ousted CCO. How much money did he syphon off or waste on his extravagant ideas that no one else could be involved with? How much did he get paid to show his ideas all the love he could afford without any goals in mind? Without any accountability?
Then, there's the head of PR and Social who has no business being where he is. He was an incompetent assistant to the head of PR who continues to have opportunities fall in his lap. How? Literally no one has any idea. Even before working at CareerBuilder, the track record of this individual preceded him. If he ever lifted a finger, found the means to develop some semblance of professionalism, and actually knew what he was doing in any field he's involved in, I'm sure he'd be a lot easier to work with.
Which brings me to their corporate values and the idea of "being easy to do business with." A translation: Don't challenge anyone on their ideas. Ever. Even if the ideas are astoundingly bad or off-base. Smile and nod, develop ulcers, and drink your stress away.
