Board meeting

I read about this company whose two big wigs are going at each other's throats.

Here's what's up. There's this one big wig who has recently just emerged from a bit of a rough patch (involving Congress and the IRS). And I mean, he's just on this side of the fence from all the rough water. During that time, he had several employees rally behind his character. This was nice because most of the morale was low during the time of his ordeal.

Now, there's this second big wig that is going through a similar rough patch, but he's not getting the rally cry this other executive got. Sure, he's not too popular because of some of the decisions he's made during this economic crisis.

But here's the dilemma. The former executive is trying to cause a split between the corporate board. It just seems to me like it's a double standard. When he was in a fix, he was all about getting some outside help. But now that he's fine sailing, and the other guy is in a fix, it seems like the first guy has forgotten all about his former state, and is capitalizing on the situation.

If I were on this board, this would agitate me. I'm no fan of double standards. And seeing as how this could hurt more than their CEO status (like killing the lives of thousands of employees), it just seems that the hoopla is blinding them to the fact that they're adults and not a reality show.

Gannett (the company that owns The Clarion Ledger) isn't the holiest of companies, but I'm at least glad that the negative things we're dealing with also doesn't involve two squabbling members of the board.