Wall Street overall doesn't seem to be buying what FB is selling...stock just flops around. For all the chest-thumping positivity, doesn't seem to be much buy in.
I left the company and had been in a position to have received restricted stock as part of compensation over several years. The stock issued under previous CEO appreciated nicely. The FB years broke even or had slight capital loss...so cash would have been preferable. Take away is that no one can tell what FB is doing--investors are confused, employees are disillusioned. Clients are incredulous. So many missteps and service issues that the huge inertia that keeps big clients from looking at major platform moves is beginning to crack, some are seriously looking at options and moves. There's been consolidation too (FIS) and other issues (FIS), but its a ripe environment for the second tier or (dare I say, fintech) new entrants to peel away some of that hard core (taken for granted) business. Doesn't take AI to see that coming. Just "I".
Each RTO turn of the sc--w or org change or increased uncertainty for the remaining "remote" workers sees a spike in LinkedIn requests and emails looking for ideas and help. How they can be so blind to how toxic an environment that currently exists is beyond me. Oblivious management--and no, nothing remotely related to the YV survey is going to wake anyone up--not depressed response rates or verbal broadsides and low scores.
A mind without a system is the definition of "chaos". A system without a mind is FISV.