My experience was that I was very engaged and excited about my work and my role when I started in 2008. As the next couple years went by, I watched my role diminish to simple tasks; our team did not have a strategy and we became "short order cooks" to our internal customers and were very reactionary. I also watched many of my colleagues get laid off/have their roles eliminated or jump ship (as I did). Many were and are concerned about the stability of the organization and where it's headed. There were many reorganizations that greatly impacted people's productivity and ability to focus. I was lucky that I only had two managers in two years; some people I know had four in that timeframe. Yet, it was unclear what all of the re-orgs. accomplished and how they changed anything for the better. It's one thing to shuffle boxes on org. charts - it's another to actually change behavior. It's very much a "ready, shoot, aim" environment - only when something has launched/gone out the door with problems is there reflecttion; projects need to be set up for success from the outset. Professional development became non-existent due to either lack of budget or role eliminations/there being no place to move to.