We're 3 years into the so called transformation, and what has Kelly got to show for it? A disenfranchised work force that's globally been cut to the bone. Technical support staff that have some how ended up being measured on sales performance figures. Sales teams being ripped off by mirage like sales targets. Reckless technical decisions which to all intents and purposes makes our competitors look like mirages because we're never going to catch up.
Worst of all is what the process has actually done for morale and the mental well being of those of us that remain. I'm sure some of the practices that are in-play are actually illegal. For example, not being able to speak to colleages whom you would talk to before the transformation because they were either genuine friends or because they were involved in your work activities.
It's a psychic prison. How about this for an analogy; the wasp that impregonates the catapillar to rear its own as the its eaten from inside out. That's what our CEO has done to people that were beautiful, but now are forced to toe the line while they die inside. Am I really over eggeing this? Really, am I?
The transformation has simply turned into a crusade, doomed to fail. The mind that is leading it is ill. I could understand it / live with it if there was some cold calculated decision that would eventually reap benefit. But it won't. Kelly treats Sage as though its a simple machine; you can cut it and shut it anyway you like and it'll adapt to change.
It won't
It can't
Why? Well its simple. It's a complex cybernetic organism. Read Checkland. Seriously – and this one's for you Stevie – read Peter Checkland, and his theory on cybernetics. The software, the people that support it and develop it- the people that use use it are all intimately connected. You can't disrupt that to the extent you have and expect it to adapt. It's too much.
Before Kelly and his vultures got on the scene we had a healthy ecosytem. A fantastic employer with a motivated work force that was well regarded by its clients.
So were are we now? A para management tier inserted above a successful management tier making them no more than puppets destroying the characters, confidence and abilities of everyone below them. What for? I must be missing something.
Good luck with q3 and q4 – you're going to need it. You've bled the company dry and still expect results? When are you going to to the decent thing and step down. Let whats left of the place die in peace. You never know – you might be able to salvage body parts
