When did this company become so pathetic? At what point did this compnay become so mediocre? We have a conniving CEO whose words carry no weight or truth, a CRO who has been dismissed from every job she's held for the past 15 years, and a clueless product group running around like a headless chicken.
When are the owners and the board going to wake up that this slow death is irreversible?
The over the cliff moment was when they created evangelists of one never marketing hot air balloon and one horrendous entry level hire
What would you do?
At what point did this company become so mediocre?
The day it was spun out from Lucent Technologies and lost Bell Labs innovations. Everything from 2000 ownwards has been a poor attempt to remain relevant, competitive and innovative. The demise accelerated post 2009 Nortel acquisition. You can only rely on past glories/cash cows for so long...
Yes! 2020 was definitely the year when the Inmates ran the Asylum!
✓ Verizon/Cisco Frat Boys were celebrating their subscription game (which was a race to depleting revenue) with no guardrails, HR or Compliance oversight
✓ Marketing was run by a proper Circus Leader who promoted and encouraged silly consumer marketing strategies that fell flat in Avayas B2B markets (including someone who professed themselves as some sort of SME who often mis-spoke about technology b/c they cared more about cute storytelling than accuracy & frequently showcased concerning signs with obsession over things like Disney, Apple,batman, etc) ..and many, many other clowns
✓ They all STILL celebrate their false YoY revenue growth as if it was real success even after the implosion proved it was all false and upside down accounting
At what point did this compnay become so mediocre?
Ummm. Hmmm. 🤔
The Answer is 2009! For all of those people who took victory laps in 2020, you were THE PROBLEM! The medicracy isn't new. Avaya just ran out of places to hide and stories to spin. It was empty, vapor success based on a perpetual promise of vaporware that never arrived for the last 15 years (including T-W-O Chapter 11 BANKRUPTCY Protection Filings. TWO. Helllllooooooo