Flock Safety

Growing stock value.

Some good engineers (though some being pushed out due to conflict).

Energetic CEO.

Mission is okay but reducing in motivating value for staff as the business attempts to expand into tangential areas.

Occasional paths to tech innovation.

Recent hiring has been poor.

Reluctant to and/or incapable of removing poor performers.

Bad project bets are cut off too late into the game.

Little understanding of the long tail nature of engineer productivity/value and how that should affect hiring, compensation, and project allocation.

Too many "yes men" and intolerance of conflicting opinions.

Currently no road to IPO; stock liquidity options only for early employees.

Lack of transparency, especially on HR/compensation issues.

Keep engineering teams lean, cut poor engineers ASAP, and hire better engineers with increased compensation because marginal productivity gains vastly exceed the compensation multiplier.