Good environment, but bad people accumulate
Good environment, but bad people accumulate
Smart people Good hardware resources Wonderful perks Great pay
The promotion system has made things quite political, getting more and more hierarchical.
People see each other's level, and management tend to believe in higher-level people.
Changes are slow.
Absence of a good system to deal with low performers.
Fire or demote people if needed. Try to make the organization less hierarchical.
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