Carol Bartz Digital Quotations

My first day as a manager was at Digital Equipment in Atlanta. I was a sales rep. I was promoted from among my peers, so one day I was a peer, and the next day I was their boss.

I became a sales manager at Digital Equipment, promoted from within the sales team. My peers were less than excited that I had gotten the job, especially one of my male peers who said he just wasn't going to work for a woman.

The difficult economic climate affected our business more than we anticipated late in our April quarter, ... Our business in Asia fell below our expectations and Discreet continued to experience selling pressure. Despite the shortfall, we remain confident in our strategy to help customers gain greater value from digital design data and look forward to providing more details on our results call.