I am not being sarcastic: the ousted BP CEO Tony Heyward, which will serve until the end of September, did do a good job during this spill crisis – in the context of a CEO’s responsibility.
A CEO of a multinational firm with dozens of drilling operations, hundreds of exploration projects, thousands of workers, millions of shares on world markets, and billions of dollars in cash and assets around half the world, CANNOT have knowledge or control on all aspects of a deepwater disaster.
This of course is something that lazy bums in the media and big mouths on Capital Hill – who never held or studied a CEO job – don’t ‘get.’ And indeed, Heyward’s gaffes, which were few and minor to the gaffes of Obama and Biden, did certainly not help either. But all in all, a CEO of such a large firm can’t let go and forget of the rest of the firm just to be busy with one disaster, regardless how big it is or regardless what people in Congress have to say.
Finally, I don’t ‘get’ why people were mad that Tony enjoyed his Yacht outing a day after everyone applauded the fact that he was relieved of his oil spill duties. Why should Tony NOT be out on the yacht, if the oil spill ain’t his issue anymore?
In an Obama-era of blame, blame, and blame, this is the rethoric that you will get. I only wonder for how many months the new BP CEO will say that he “inherited this mess” and therefore things will get worse by each passing month…
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