Churchill used to say of America: "America eventually does the right thing... after trying everything else first". If that quote was about Symbotic, the word 'eventually' would grossly overstate optimism at best.
In the last round of botched plastic surgery, the eyes were also sewn shut, after the ears had already been surgically removed a long time ago. One can only hope that behind the brittle skeleton of the geriatric management team (with a few well-meaning millennial bones thrown in) there are still enough combined bodily functions left for someone, anyone, to smell the burning fuse of inevitable implosion.
To wit, the product is technically interesting and many believe in it. Most of the people who actually work on it are passionate and just want to see it work. But at Symbotic the days for thinkers and tinkerers are numbered... Symbotic is technologically bankrupt, ideologically vacant with upper management completely tone-deaf to the pleas of its engineering staff.
You see, in the CEO's chimerical dreams of visionary greatness, and realizing the clock is ticking, he has struck a Faustian bargain. But in that dangerous dance with the devil, many others' feet are getting burned. Conversely, after a majority was already mentally checked out, now an exodus of talent of epic proportions is underway.
That is because the CEO's borderline delusional view of what the company is, are completely juxtaposed with the sagging morale of its staff. Teams are being frustrated in their work by the latest whims and misdirection. And while the company seems to be worried about the wear and tear on the parts on their robots, they are completely ignorant about the grinding down of the morale of its staff. If only the company would aim for bragging-ly happy employees instead. But due to nature of the CEO's other businesses he simple sees a human being as a widget to be moved on a board, and not as a valuable asset in itself.
The downfall of the company will be due to abject failure of its management. If somehow things miraculously turn around it will be due to the Triumph of Engineering alone.
