one thing I learned from working at Indian companies is that their primary mindset is "cutting costs". As I later learned, that's the predominant mindset at Staples. And that's why Staples is dying and Amazon and Microsoft are not.
you either have people that understand the future
or you have people obsessed with optimizing costs.
you don't get to have both.
Well ok Staples IT is Indian-run now, (And I still think she's great. Better than FS and FM too)but had years of it being old-white-guy run into the ground.
They're in cost cutting mode because revenues have been shrinking for years, and the RIDICULOUS spending in IT was completely out of control. Having been in many meetings with JL and Sandy, they've actually laughed out loud at the absurdity of our IT operations. So inefficient, way too many people who knew too little (didn't continue learning new technology or methodologies), half hearted Agile adoption, lazy workforce.
This is not about race.
They want to cut cost because they want to sell the company. Same or decline revenue, less expense, helps maintain the bottom line. If Essendant deal fails, then staples is doomed. They need to make this deal go thru. Then you all will have a few years of employment at least. Good luck.
"you don't get to have both."
Have you heard of Walmart and Amazon? They have both.
Ummm. You understand that Microsoft's CEO is Indian, right?
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