> She is politically engaged, having contributed $120,000 to Democrat campaigns in 2016. Her book tours have taken on the feel of someone sounding out campaign themes.<p>Having worked in politics in DC I can tell you that this is a very small amount of money to donate for someone who's politically motivated or interested in running<p>Book tours often act like campaign tours, especially when your book is promoting a certain attitude or culture (Lean In)<p>If this is the only evidence of a political run the author has, I wouldn't hold your breath for a 2020 run.<p>Plus its The Hill, which is a very politically focused news source in general, so that probably was just added to make it a little more interesting for its reader-base
I don’t think it benefits anybody two have two mixed messages coming from two different FB leaders right now, and if only one of them is going to speak up it might as well be Mark.<p>Her saying “ditto” a lot is not going to help. Her job right now should be inward focused while Mark takes the heat. If his messaging doesn’t work, she’s plan B when they need to pivot.<p>(Disclaimer: I’ve never worked at FB and I hope it goes away in its current form.)
Sandberg comes across to me like a bad actor in the video (in the Hollywood / stage sense) and I mean more than usual / more than I expect even from an executive. I could barely watch it, it oozed inauthenticity so badly. Not too sympathetic on the gut level.
As someone entering the workforce soon, it's very disappointing to see teach leaders who enjoyed the spotlight on their elevator ride up completely disappearing and pretending they have nothing to do with what they brought onto the world.<p>Even if you pretend you didn't know (and at the top, it's your responsibility to know), you can't pretend not to know going forward. Quit. Do something.<p>Had a lunch conversation with other CS PhDs today (mostly in machine learning) - Facebook is so out, everyone actively spoke out against working there. Was uplifting to hear.
It's obvious her PR team thinks it's better to just stay quiet than putting any sort of statement out.<p>If you've met her, you'll know she's extremely brilliant, but I don't think this situation is something that can be solved by a statement. I'm assuming a lot of actions will be taken first internally before she speaks publically.
It is pretty amazing how few controversies of this scale have surfaced given how controversial the company has always been ( I recall seeing survey results on how little the public trusted FB compared to other tech cos years ago). I guess people don't ask too many hard questions when the story has been about the skyrocketing stock price over last few years.
She's hiding. She was aware of all these (profitable) transgressions.<p>Bottom line (pun intended): She's keeping a __low__ profile out of fear of being called to testify under oath. That would be risky, to say the least.
One of the things I've learned about The Hill's opinion page is to background check the contributor -- seems like just about anyone can get an article there.
Either she's hoping that a short digital trail will limit the damage this event will have on any political ambitions, or this event has caused such as rift between her and Zuck that he's intentionally keeping her out of the spotlight.<p>If the latter, expect her "resignation" for "family reasons" in about 60-90 days.
"Zuckerberg's resignation would open up the possibility of a world-changing and reputation-enhancing second chapter, not only for him personally but also for Facebook the corporation.<p>...<p>That said, the new CEO should not be Sheryl Sandberg. She's just as culpable as Zuckerberg, in terms of how Facebook got into its current predicament, and she's far too associated with the ancient regime."<p>Source:<p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/the-case-for-a-zuck-free-facebook/" rel="nofollow">https://www.wired.com/story/the-case-for-a-zuck-free-faceboo...</a>
Actual title: "The infuriating invisibility of Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg"<p>"Mar. 20, 2018 3:34 PM ET<p>With criticism swelling about the <i>lack of a public statement from Facebook</i> (NASDAQ:FB) CEO Mark Zuckerberg on the Cambridge Analytica scandal, the company held an open employee meeting today to discuss the matter, but neither Zuckerberg <i>nor Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg</i> attended, the Daily Beast reports."<p>Source:<p><a href="https://seekingalpha.com/news/3340524-report-zuckerberg-sandberg-skip-facebook-employee-meeting" rel="nofollow">https://seekingalpha.com/news/3340524-report-zuckerberg-sand...</a><p>Could be she is "invisible" because shes just too busy working behind the scenes.<p>"Sandberg: We did disclose -- on the Russian manipulation, we did disclose. We gave the information to Congress. We made it clear to people if they had seen those pages. There's a place you can go we [oops dont suggest its their responsibilty to look, rephrase] -- every situation we worked to get to the bottom of this <i>we want to</i> disclose. Sometimes, and I would say certainly this past week, we speak too slowly. If I could live this past week again, I <i>would have</i> definitely had Mark and myself out speaking earlier, <i>but we were trying to get to the bottom of this and make sure we could take strong action</i>. Our commitment is clear. We know this is an issue of trust. We know this is a critical moment for our company, for the service we provide. We <i>are going to</i> do everything we can. There will always be bad actors and I don't want to minimize that. But <i>we are going to</i> do everything we can to find bad actors. <i>We're going to</i> open tools transparently so <i>people can help us</i> find the bad actors on our platform. <i>We're gonna</i> notify users and <i>we're gonna</i> shut them down <i>as fast as we can</i>."<p>Source:<p><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/22/cnbc-exclusive-cnbc-transcript-sheryl-sandberg-sits-down-with-cnbcs-julia-boorstin-today.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/22/cnbc-exclusive-cnbc-transcri...</a>
If she is gonna run in 2020 she doesn't want to give anyone any talking points to use against her.<p>Also, her absence isn't surprising given how dismissive Facebook in general is being about this.