Our little yellow bird came crashing through the window with the news that the MD of a German software company has just tendered her resignation yesterday.
It continued to tweet fervently and furiously on what people in the industry are saying upon hearing this on the grapevine, and I am thinking….
“Now, why is this big news? Don’t people resign everyday?”
Well I could be wrong this time because besides the fact that the German software company is one of the most well-known enterprise application brand in Malaysia, the furore is only a natural reaction because of one, or more of the following reasons:-
1. A resignation by a top executive signifies trouble in the company
2. A resignation by a top executive signifies acute competition (for that executive)
3. A resignation by a top executive signifies some sort of friction or power-struggle within the management
4. A resignation by a top executive signifies clamouring opportunities for the hot seat
While all of this could just be pure gossip and the MD in question is still sitting serenely in her office BAU; normally there ain’t no smoke without fire.
Nevertheless in this case, it is harder to believe there could be any fire at all.
For one, this German company has been hiring aggressively over the past few months. They have been successfully pinching senior staff from competitors with their deeper pockets and ability to offer more attractive portfolio promises.
They regularly have industry and partner events that are well-planned, content-rich, and systematically delivered; hence delivering a feeling of having a strong support structure and superior establishment in the local market.
The list goes on…
Back to the MD, a Malaysian hailing back from Singapore after a 14 year hiatus, the local IT media generally considers her a relatively low-profiled personality as compared to a whole lot more outspoken top executives.
I remember that after reading a rare profile of this MD (during her not-so-long-ago appointment) that featured her dressed considerably much more flamboyantly than the usual black pants-suit of an IT corporate personnel, a fellow media peer said, “Are you sure or not? Person in Singapore for 14 years coming back and trying to manage Malaysian government accounts for Sxx Malaysia?”
I do not know the MD personally and have nothing against her, but I could only stifle a laugh at the audacity of his comment then.
IBB Bytes Back! says: People come and go. The question is – What Difference Did It Make?
