The difference between that and a scapegoat is not abundantly clear.
I mean, I don't think it's fair to call a CRO a scapegoat... it's literally their job.
I'd say making money is the CEO's primary job. You can't just hire a "CRO" or whatever other random C title and blame them when things go south at the company. I doubt the person fired had that much influence on company headcount, product strategy and operational budgets.
I think it's both a way to delegate and shield the CEOs 12m base pay from economic uncertainty haha.
To your point though, seems PDs revenue and other numbers are doing pretty darn good year-over-year..
Yes it is. A scapegoat is a “lightning rod” of blame. In this case, people were laid off beside them, so scapegoat isn’t an accurate term.
They've had great sales, and the stock was even upgraded by a major analyst last week because they show a track record of being resilient and still being able to grow. So unless they suddenly had a bad quarter (which ends next week), the CRO seems to have done a great job.
I'm sure Dave was asked to exit the business.
Too many Daves
An inside joke that at this point even most insiders will not get :) I love it!