Jane Ruffino: Women executives take the fall for problems that pre-date them

The glass cliff is a perilous place where newly-hired women executives are doomed

Heading for a fall.. Credit: Getty Images

Last September, Reddit, which calls itself The Front Page of the Internet, raised $50 million through a group of some of tech’s top investors. Reddit brought in Ellen Pao as interim chief executive in November. She was, according to a former colleague, the only person with the experience, the talent and the understanding of Reddit’s community to manage the task of fulfilling the expectations that came with that ...