Yahoo!'s CEO Scott Thompson has issued an emailed apology for his gilded CV to employees at the company, as the board decides what it's going to do about his misstated education. Thompson is in hot water over a discrepancy in his CV that said he held a computer science degree when he doesn't, an issue Yahoo! called "an …

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Tuesday 8th May 2012 10:54 GMT Anonymous Coward

When the tide goes out...

you can discover who are not wearing any swimsuits.

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Tuesday 8th May 2012 11:34 GMT 404

Argh....

.... this is going to be something that has been acceptable here in the States for a while now - "I Misinterpreted the Rules" defense.

Personal responsibility and honor are very rare and I despise the lack thereof.

Sigh, I don't want to live on this planet anymore...

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Tuesday 8th May 2012 11:44 GMT Thomas 18

CEO

CEO lies, what a world first!

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Tuesday 8th May 2012 12:06 GMT Jason Hindle

He I thought he claimed it was an honest mistake?

I mean putting a degree you don't have on your CV is surely the kind of honest mistake that can happen to the best of us?

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1. Tuesday 8th May 2012 12:11 GMT C Yates
  
  Indeed...
  
  It's the first time I've ever heard of anything like this occuring. :)
  
  C Yates
  
  BSc, MIT, BTEC, CCNA, DVLA, TLA and lord of the known universe
  
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Tuesday 8th May 2012 12:56 GMT Efros

Apply the same rules

If this had been a worker drone, how long would they have been given to produce the claimed certification before they were fired.

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1. Tuesday 8th May 2012 17:58 GMT LaeMing
  
  Re: Apply the same rules
  
  And sued for mis-paid salary.
  
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2. Tuesday 8th May 2012 19:45 GMT Anonymous Coward
  
  Re: Apply the same rules
  
  16 hours or 62 if on a Friday, followed by either thanks, termination or both.
  
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Tuesday 8th May 2012 19:31 GMT Anonymous Coward

Inadvertant CV error

I served as a very senior senior officer in the British army.

Oh, no... wait... I'm an 8-stone weed who was never even a soldier. Must have been a slip of the fingers on the keyboard, i suppose.

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Wednesday 9th May 2012 00:21 GMT Anonymous Coward

Fire the bugger!

If I had lied on my employment application about my education, I would have never been offered my current position as senior engineer at a tier-one mobile phone manufacturer, or if it had been missed during my background check, I would have been fired later for lying on my employment application. Why should this pinhead be any different? Fire the asshat!

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