Slowdown on innovation front
Slowdown on innovation front
Smart people (up to a certain job level), OK compensation/benefits, but they are not keeping up with the industry lately.
No risk-taking at the middle-upper management level. Upper management keeps trying to please the customer, and middle management keeps trying to please upper management. There's hardly any new innovation happening here.
QC has started buying other companies doing something new, rather than trying it for themselves.
They should try to retain talent.
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