keccers
@keccers.eth
It cannot be understated how many failures I’ve been involved in. Part of it is bad luck and part of it is this mindset I have to have a job no matter what The only people that benefit from failure are the owners. You just look like shit. Never understood this but it is what it is. Everyone is bullshitting. One of the most spectacular failures I’ve ever been involved with was a grocery delivery company. They had a profitable business since the 90s Internet bubble. The only thing constraining them was their capacity. So they got in bed with PE and made a deal. Built a massive new facility. I got hired as part of “digital transformation” under a new CMO and started right when the new space opened. The transition to the new facility was an unmitigated disaster. Everything went wrong. To the point the PE guys came in one day to an all company meeting. They put up a video of money being lit on fire and told everyone “this is what you are doing to teachers retirement money”
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whemo
@whemo
damn. that's brutal.. not enough people talk about how failure hits different when you're not holding equity you eat all the stress, none of the upside that “digital transformation” title always sounds like hope until it quietly becomes blame
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