Thread regarding Pearson PLC layoffs

Just when you think this man can’t get any more shallow, he blasts out the most cringe, self‑congratulatory “newsletter” ever written. It’s basically a shrine to himself, wall‑to‑wall “me, me, I, I, my, my.”
And then he has the nerve to act proud that he and his leadership team got “partially met.” Buddy, that’s not a mystery. That’s a mirror. Your team’s performance is a direct reflection of your leadership. Ask your smiling as-----n CHRO or maybe BarUp can help you lift your performance. OA’s leadership culture and that tired consulting‑playbook theater are the real anchors dragging the place down. He missed his management plan, maybe the plan was delusional from the start. He forced everyone into individual OKRs, hyper‑individualized, disconnected targets, then turns around and scolds people for not hitting his inflated management plan. A plan they didn’t set. He did. Based on his AI‑fantasy PowerPoint dreams, air‑game, strategy, and “leapfrog on a wing and a prayer” marketing nonsense with a Spineless Tech consultant who talks but can’t do and lives in a fantasy land wishing he was a Silicon Valley coder praying he doesn’t get fired. Now he’s laying off talent and skills that we actually took from cognisant to rebuild our own internal technology capability. Now he’s handing it all back out to same old vendors who have sc--wed us over for years paying more for cr-p quality and same old service because he promised them work in exchange for buying VG’s cr-p products. This regime ignore the loyalty hard work and service of all the hard working teams and lay them off giving work to his “partners” instead. Then has the audacity and mind blindness to realise that he’s two faced telling Davos he invests in people - what an empty suit!! Meanwhile, in the real world, the entire company is already paying for OA’s failure. The share price is in freefall, but he blames “external forces.” Bonuses are below target yet again, and he blames the staff for not delivering on his overblown plan. Employees get a raise barely big enough to buy a Happy Meal, while OA buys himself “garden shed time” at Davos, sipping champagne and pretending he’s a visionary, signing MOU with provinces no one heard of - all theatre ….And let’s be real, bet his “partially met” will still come with a ski trip, nice pile of cash in his bank and more first class flying luxuries the rest of us will never see in our lifetimes despite working all the hours God sends. Maybe that “partially met” is actually the most honest performance review he’s ever had. He can’t deliver on his own plan. The share price is the scoreboard, and everyone can see the score. This is what happens when you hand a real company to consultants who’ve never built anything, never run anything, never delivered anything - just recycled textbook jargon, “pivots,” and Microsoft copycat acting only made worse by their shameless LinkedIn self‑promotion. It’s embarrassing. Oh and let’s not forget he imported in his second‑hand‑car‑salesman sidekick, VG, to sell vapourware and popsicle products no one wants only hitting targets by strong‑arming suppliers into buying before they can even play and calling it “deals and partnerships” what a joke. That’s when you know the ship is sinking. And the final sign? When a CFO who’s served the company for 25 years decides she’s done. Just look at the numbers: under her six‑year CFO tenure, the share price went up 30%. Under his two‑year reign, it’s down 30%. No wonder SJ walked away. She can smell the BS from a mile off. Time to follow in her footsteps and exit this sinking ship.