EIS could not even be added for free in its current state, it could not be included in a bundled deal. McK and it's poor handling of the situation are to blame for that, I give you that as the products had promise and smart individual contributors. I was laid off as a member of product management but I'm playing devils advocate- what do you expect to happen when no one will buy it and it's broken up and sold in a fire sale? We have been involved in the conversations with interested parties - no one is interested in a overprice and underperforming (not at the fault of the employee base who has tried tirelessly to make it better for customers.) McK is no longer in the technology business what is expected to come of their resources? RIF is really the only option. The fact that McK realizes they are awful at technology and are getting out of that business is at least that is the silver lining to all of this. We are good assets and had the smarts to at least make it stand up and function after all of the problems so we have great opportunity in other companies.
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Agree with everything you have said. They have been holding onto their tech portion for far too long to seem competitive or to check a box. Integrity is not the strong suit. They believe buying companies will make it so everything should just come together. This has been a long time coming and ultimately the RIF and outsourcing is their last resort. With all of this said, how can I hold on to this job or experience? Would I ever start working somewhere with its current reputation? Heck no! So my thought it is makes sense to be free. Time machine and different leadership would be the other option if it were possible.
MTS, including EIS, has been on the chopping block for years. JHH refused to unload its tech business bc the thought of being in healthcare and not having a presence in tech would be embarrassing, as it should in this day and age. So they've held on. They are good at pricing arbitrage, that's it. Now that lucrative sleazy income is no longer. Have you looked up the word arbitrage? It's not business. It's opportunistic. They're 'businesses' that they could have done some good in, tanked, because they only cared about the pricing. Obviously, that's gonna change. Strategy. Not so much. Complacency, maybe.