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Stale company, peddling the same business plan from 10 years ago

SMTS Hardware
Former Employee
Worked at AMD for 20 years
March 22, 2014
Austin, Texas
2.0
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

Other prisoners on the sinking ship are generally nice and talented. You can do whatever you want to do, as long as it doesn't require a budget.

Cons

There seem to be more VPs than engineers. Too many directors and higher. They even got rid of the engineer-assisting technicians, which is utterly stupid. They need to innovate by creating their own demand in the market. Layoffs are accelerating.

Advice to Management

Create internal autonomous start-ups and bet the future on them. Incentivize the staff of each start-up with a rock-solid, real revenue-sharing plan. Make millionaires out of the teams and attract excellent talent when those happy people retire.

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