Thread regarding Citrix Systems Inc. layoffs

No confidence in Citrix ELT or board?

From reading about the Citrix financial situation, it seems that some part, at least, of the current need to improve margins is related to the Wrike acquisition. 2.25B for a product that - the ELT have now admitted - doesn't fit into the product line. And for which they have not presented a strategy to integrate....
I know that Wrike is merely the latest symptom of a longer list of mismanagement, but if it is an element where is the accountability? Sure DH was let go, but he didn't make the decision to acquire alone - at least I hope he didn't spend 2.25B on a whim...
Where was the guidance from the other ELT members or the board. DH was many things, but a charismatic risk-taker is/was not one of them. I doubt he would have done this alone....
Should the shareholders hold the members of the board collectively responsible? how does this work? Can shareholders table of agenda item at the next board meeting/AGM/EGM to have them state their position on this acquisition and see how far up the chain this goes - or explain why the finances are sound.

Just a thought

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Post ID: @OP+1dPbRGN6

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Sad to say, but I think the Innovex crew did a better job

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Post ID: @3gan+1dPbRGN6

A real shame - a company being ripped apart by senior leadership that have jumped shipped from 700lb gorilla companies with no clue about a customer first attitude or the ethos of Citrix’s engineering excellence…

Acquisitions aside the transition to cloud is also a rubbing joke.

On the bright side - not only is this another opportunity it’s for senior management to inevitably get rid of good Citrix talent and replace them with more of their cronies and click a few diversity boxes along the way….

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Post ID: @2bgw+1dPbRGN6

GARBAGE IN -- GARBAGE OUT !!!!! Shi##ix What a SH&T SHOW !!!! Abandon Ship !!!!!!

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Post ID: @2wpi+1dPbRGN6

DH was a puppet. Calderoni has ran the company for the past 6 years since joining the board. He was not the CEO because he is the least charismatic and biggest as----e ever so they didn’t want to be so obvious about not giving a sh-t about anyone.

Innovex mafia crippled this company and SAP gang came in to finish it off. CMO is a buffoon who barely understands the word marketing, they hired a CFO that couldnt answer simple questions at a town hall. HR lead couldn’t address inclusivity in the business (Pascale’s question about the entire ELT being white was the best ever) and sales leaders were always mo--ns. Ed Rodriguez, Tom Eacobacci, Craig Stillwell… all POS. The orgs are poorly structured and backwards and acquisition strategy is laughable.

Citrix is a dumpster fire. If you got laid off, take your severance and run.

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Post ID: @1tac+1dPbRGN6

Bob Calderoni was Chairmain of the Board that approved the disastrous $2.25B Wrike acquisition earlier this year and also the $200M+ Sapho acquisition that gave us microapps. That is 25% of the current $11B market cap.

The sme Board that approved the reprehensible RSU grant of ~200,000 shares (1/500th of the entire company) vesting each month for just 12-months for interim CEO cleanup "work."

Anyone see the lack of accountability?

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Post ID: @joe+1dPbRGN6

The Wrike deal is the straw that broke the camel's back. Likely the acquisitions leader wanted glory and fame with a big deal and should now be held accountable.

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Post ID: @jbx+1dPbRGN6

Ousting the Board typically requires an activist investor. In Citrix's case, that would be Elliott Management. They have pushed board changes in the past and may do so again.

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