[cedricd]

That's pretty surprising. I know that there has been tons of controversy swirling around the company the past few years, but things have seemed relatively quiet lately, other than their recent bad revenue growth.

Do people here think this is a shakeup at the company or that she legitimately wanted to do something else?

[tempsy]

Is it really? I don’t think it is.

Pre-Trump era she was more the public face of Facebook than even Zuck. Then when the Cambridge Analytica scandal basically did a 180 on the entire reputation of the company she effectively disappeared from the public eye.

[lovecg]

There could be other reasons she stepped back around then. Her husband suddenly and tragically passed away - it’s not a mystery if one’s life trajectory completely changes after an event like this.

[tempsy]

ok sure but that was clearly one of them.

pretty clear that she did not want to be the face of a controversial company given that she often leveraged her role to talk about being a woman exec in tech eg “Lean In” and that all but disappeared when the perception of the company completely changed.

[cedricd]

Yeah. I suppose I mean that she's been disappeared for the public eye for a while, so why leave now? My guess isn't that maybe she's lost too much influence and just doesn't find the job interesting anymore.

[tempsy]

I mean hard to leave a job where you’re getting paid hundreds of millions.

[bornfreddy]

Does that still matter the second year and after that? In other words, is there a difference between having 100m and 200m? I would assume you can afford pretty much the same things with both of the amounts... (no first-hand experience)

[skinnymuch]

Yes. Wildly rich people are incredibly greedy? Wildly rich people seem to care about more money far more than someone making low 6 figures.

Neoliberalism is the most popular ideology by far in the world. Something that is tightly roped into more and more money and greed being important. Look at how Howard Schultz, Bezos, Musk, and all the other rich people in those companies are reacting to unions. It’s as if them losing 10% of their insane wealth is the end of the world.

Hopefully people can think more like you. The world would be a better place.

[chris11]

You don't get paid that much money without being incredibly ambitious. Sure you got all the money you need, but what comes next? Sheryl Sandberg has literally changed the world. I'd guess choosing to redefine her life took a lot of thought.

[tempsy]

sure it does