Can't compete with modern competitors
Can't compete with modern competitors
- People are generally very friendly.
- Hours and work location are flexible.
- Not much need to travel.
- Too executive driven, not engineering driven
- Older, slow-moving culture
- Few growth opportunities
- Relatively low salaries
Try to make engineers happy, rather than shareholders.
Shed several executive layers.
Promote engineers.
Pay engineers on a level competitive with Google, Facebook, and Wal-Mart(!).
The $20 EPS target is overly restrictive. Get rid of it.
Try to make a company that Google and Facebook employees might want to switch to.
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