The janitorial staff come into the bathroom every time I'm in there, multiple times a day. Do we really need them cleaning the bathrooms 5 times a day? Or cleaning up the break room area 5 times a day? Why do we need such nice, expensive paper towels in the bathrooms? Don't get me started on the toilet paper quality compared to the bathroom paper towels. I stayed late one day and saw 4 janitorial staff one 1 floor, is that necessary?! Are we THAT slobby?! Get rid of Aravelli. Get rid of the dry cleaning. Keep NEBU but cut back on the quality. Sell that $100,000 rock that sits near the elevator bay. Or crush it up and use it as traction for when it snows outside so that I don't slip on the sidewalk - even that would be more practical than what it does now. Did we need a college frat party vibe at the 2018 company event at the Criterion? We could have sc-apped that event and just kept on working since we're all busy. Use most, if not all, of the divest money to pay back debt. Stop buying back more stock! Let's get our financial situation under control and start saving money so that we can reward our employees and buy other companies / assets. Institute an annual merit (cost of living) raise. Stop telling new hires that you pay out merit raises when you haven't paid one in the past 3 years unless you were promoted. Annual merit raises and bonuses MUST be paid out to keep employees happy, every year. Then, focus on promotions.
Stop treating us like butterflies! Treat us more like highly compensated harvester ants. As long as we feel valued, we are happy and will be loyal. That's the only way Devon will EVER change the culture.