Executive management, come on...how often is to often. What a calossil waste of time and money.
All that time wasted could be spent developing the product vs. spent prepping for needless meetings.
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"So tru, yu know that he-Wu is a spineless turncoat." Makes since that he promoted the spinless-est and turncoat-est of them all...Bryan. Well, not all Wu's fault. Bryan did what he does best to manipulate the situation while taking credit for others' work and weaseled his way into that position.
“All that time wasted could be spent developing the product vs. spent prepping for needless meetings.“
Yes, but then how would all the “suits” justify their existence. Not to mention their inflated salaries. Must give them busy work.
Marketing is getting in the way of making popular toys
So tru, yu know that he-Wu is a spineless turncoat. No matter how hard we work with him, no matter how "on board" he appears before a meeting, he turns on us at the first indication of "hmmm" from anyone higher up. So tired of being thrown us under the bus. A random marketing guy as VP of HW design. What a sad joke. No wonder no one tries anymore. We've given up on making good toys. Now the best we can muster is $180 bluetooth tracksets that only work with $7 cars. "The Future of Hot Wheels" is indeed bleak.
OK, congrats to everyone here on surviving the last several layoffs. Now who called this meeting? Does this meet slots & rats? Are we on planogram? Have we focus tested this item yet? What does Dr. Shore say? What, we laid him off? Well as we helicopter in for a deep dive, can we all agree to disagree? Why did your team allow this hot mess to go this far, Wu? Oh, you warned them? So you're distancing yourself again? Can our accelerator team cut the schedule in half? Can Goodie double-team the factories for early ship? Is there an app for this toy? Can you guarantee this will go viral? How much does Bluetooth cost? Where Is RD, not back from the gym yet? Can I borrow his Dianetics book? Can this item be a spinoff of the Viewmaster movie? Get me some more name brand movie stars, and CHEAP! I need IP and content! How quick can I see some dailies? Do we have too many designers? Give me a fresh MBA over a designer any day. Look, guys, are we all in agreement that this is true innovation and there's nothing like it? Nothing is impossible, we just need to challenge ourselves and our partners and teams to make it happen. Sorry, I really have to take this call. Great job guys, see you next week.
We are back to the days of endless, internal churn. We are a company made up of people who take comfort in decision by committee and fear individual accountability. Nimble? Hardly. Nervous? Consistently.
Actually, whoever posted that reply about someone else’s spelling mistake is hilarious. They can’t use proper grammar (“whomever”?) or basic punctuation, themselves. Perhaps it’s a PowerPoint overuse injury...
I agree with the original post...what a inordinate waste of time.
To the last poster, so you take issue with a misspelling of “colossal”? I see you as the bigger problem...no doubt! Go work somewhere as an English teacher, if that’s your beef.
Try, if you can, to see the bigger picture. This is a company that made a name for itself developing great products and not spending more time presenting to itself.
Got that?
whomever hired you deserved to be let go with you and your inability to spell or spellcheck. you are part of the cause.