Publically held which forces Senior Management to make those bottom line decisions. The company has no long term vision except for grow revenue and profit. Have had severals quite layoffs of some very good people as they did not fit in the financial model and were let go with no notice at all. The company is a result of many acquistions of IBM, HP and Cisco business partners. As a result, there are many Mid-level and upper management people that were acquired and the company puts them in key roles regardless if they are qualified for that position or not. Would make more sense to promote internally or recruit externally for the person for the job rather than favor the good ole boys network.
Focus is on quarter to quarter performance at any cost including customer satisfaction.