July 1st... the third quarter! Made it through another end-of-quarter frenzy. Somebody else says layoffs in August, that could point to an end-of-third-quarter frenzy. From where I sit, things look pretty solid in Camden well into 2016. But you never know how things look to the bean counters.
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Get rid of all of the expensive waste at the top! The "consultants", the overpaid do nothing, "working from home" HR/benefits or what's known as "lack of benefits" except for the 3rd floor in A&E. Let's not forget the do nothing's in Finance....what admin?!?
Lockheed Martin sold off a big part of its IS&GS unit (including some people in K of P) as part of a strategic effort to get out of the "services" business, much like L-3 got rid of NSS (and Engility before that).
I still say the outlook for CSE is good for 2016 and promising for 2017. But you never know when they might decide they need to "rightsize" in order to address "skill mix" issues.
Wrong - CSE will likely not meet expectations - likely to be spun off/merged with competitor (that is only if forecast of business is favorable). CSE's OH and G&A and effing real estate business (sad sub leasing to LM) and others....is still impacting business.
I don't understand why we have expensive people in Audit/Accounting/Program Control/Contracts/Finance/Scheduling & Earned Value/BD/Marketing/SR MGMT.....not needed in this environment.
Heard a LM unit in K of P was sold off to competitor bc G&A was too high. Look for CSE to make some kind of change soon.....not sure when.
Oops I mean things look solid well into 2017... I think