Thread regarding Crown Castle International Corp. layoffs

@k1 I mean the news wires press releases that line up with SP’s resume are a bit telling and shocking that we hired him at all let alone and made him over more then finance because if you have a bad track history in one space and not add more, it’s not like HR and IT are important or anything, and his first move remember was to undo what the last fixed on his way out and keep them when everyone but that person said that was a bad idea, how could that go wrong right?

@rq Well said. Shortlists have already been requested and submitted by ineffective leaders. This was not a true collaboration around talent. Decisions are being driven by labels, not actual contribution. Cuts are being decided as we speak.

Changing the EMT again won’t fix this. The real problem sits one layer below the group responsible for training, guiding, and translating strategy into execution. That layer has been consistently weak, and in many cases actively harmful. IT has lived this more than most. Look at the leadership churn and profiles over the last 5–8 years: swinging from “let’s pretend we’re Google” to leaders with little to no relevant experience, paired with a culture of misinformation and retaliation. Truth-telling gets punished, so people stop doing it in surveys, in meetings, everywhere. When employees know they’ll be scapegoated or labeled “difficult” for being honest, the org loses signal and doubles down on bad decisions. Layoffs and cost cuts then become the only visible levers, and the wrong people keep getting cut while the incompetent get rewarded with promotions and higher compensation.

Other groups have problems too, but the dysfunction in that space is obvious even if you’re not in IT. I’ve never seen this level of leadership incompetence and staff abuse persist for so long without accountability and that’s why.

Rumor in the investment analyst world is that where ever SP lands, it's a decline.