Pros
There are still lot of really good people to work with, and some very interesting assignments to work on.
Cons
“Band-aid” solutions under this CEO. Stockholders losing faith in Leadership? Find new stockholders. (It’s way too much work to fix the problems that lead to the loss of faith. That whole employee ownership things is nuisance anyway.) Slumping sales? A new logo and shorter name is the obvious fix, here! (No need to actually change the way we serve customers.) Cash flow issues? Lean on the employees to use their PTO, work more hours, and then tell them to give up comp time…after you had them use up their PTO. Oops! Then are your employees dissatisfied and saying as much? Have an all hands meeting with no solutions, lots of cheerleading, and where you tell everyone not to allow others to say anything negative. Etcetera.
Program delivery manager who loses money is sent packing, but a corporate IT project runs 200% over budget and gets awards and accolades. How about a massive plan to reconfigure all the cubicles so we can fit more people in the building, followed immediately by massive staff reductions leaving a ghost town?