Libby Sartain, the head of HR at troubled Internet company Yahoo, plans to
resign at the end of the month. Sartain, among the highest-profile human
resources leaders in the nation, said her decision to step down after roughly
seven years at Yahoo was not prompted by pressures on the job but fulfills a
long-discussed plan to spend time on her Texas ranch.
The 53-year-old intends to take off the rest of 2008 and then consider other
options including non-profit work.
“My work is done here,” Sartain told Workforce Management in an interview
Tuesday, March 18. “I’m just taking a little bit of a break.”
Sartain says she will be replaced as “chief
people Yahoo” by David Windley, who has served as a Yahoo vice president of
HR.
Yahoo, a pioneer on the Internet, has weathered tough
times over the past year, including slumping profits. It reportedly has laid off
more than 1,000 employees this year. And the company recently was targeted by
Microsoft in an unsolicited takeover bid.
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