Pros
• A few brilliant, passionate people trying their best. • Strong brands and potential—if the company ever stops imploding.
Cons
• The company has been in a near-constant state of restructure for years. Every couple of months there’s a new shake-up, often with little to no communication, and no time to embed changes before another round of cuts or reshuffling is (poorly) announced. • Restructures are sometimes triggered by new leadership joining, who seem to make big decisions before fully understanding existing talent or institutional knowledge. Talented, critical people are made redundant while others are left scrambling. • This short-sighted approach leads to loss of capability, delays, and increased costs as teams have to rebuild from scratch. • Morale is at an all-time low. Many top performers have left, and those who remain are either burnt out or checked out. • Senior leadership is dysfunctional—publicly performative and values-driven, but privately toxic, political, and disconnected from reality. There’s a lot of behind-the-scenes conflict and very little genuine collaboration. • The company talks constantly about values like empowerment and teamwork, but it’s just lip service. Many leaders behave poorly behind closed doors, creating a culture of fear and mistrust. • It’s no surprise the share price keeps falling—when internal culture is broken and people are treated like disposable resources, the business suffers.
