Pros
Its a job not a life sentence. The people you work with every day are, for the most part, excellent, talented and genuine people with a fraternal approach to work. The COO is no longer COO. It gives you a new appreciation for the phrase 'It could be worse' The Walking Dead are confined to upper management
Cons
The 'strategy' and 'vision' of the company appears to be divined from tea leaves. Consensus from leadership is it is the fault of the employees that the company is suffering on all conceivable fronts. This is in the aftermath of a company wide survey (with 75%+ engagement) that has employee satisfaction at sub 5% with certain aspects of the business. 18 months ago new leadership came in that threw the baby out with the bathwater. The matriarchal figure within the company, if we are to follow a familial theme, is an addict to technology buzzword bingo, changes processes and focus so readily and so willingly between ideas both bereft of technical understanding or indeed any grasp on reality whatsoever that her 'roadmap to success' basically looks like a schizophrenic drew a map of Spaghetti Junction with an Etch a Sketch during Hurricane Katrina. As a direct result, product knowledge and mass resignations at the lunacy have been a staple of the last 18 months with a regularity approaching that of a healthy bowl movement. Former colleagues wave at us as we pass them in the street with a spring in their step as we trudge toward an abattoir for the human spirit. The patriarchal figures deny any and all wrong doing with a veracity of George Best denying he has a drink problem and the vigor of the Westborough Baptist Church picketing San Francisco's Pride Parade. Their principal complaint is that developing software costs money. It is of course the responsibility of everyone other than Sales to generate revenue and in this regard, our brazen desire to be paid to create software is counter to the Juche-esque ideology our leadership require. What is an upside to this is that its next to impossible for it to be any more clear how little time/respect these people have for the people trying to keep the ship afloat as, like the Virgin Mary on her wedding night, they scream for more while clients are more likely to talk to us through the magic circle than email. With ever dwindling resources, they may be dragged from the golf club sooner rather than later to account for the sucking chest wound they've inflicted on a once great company. I fear it will be too late.
