Pros
good place to build a diverse skill set before you go to a real business. I keep hearing that the building itself is something that I should be giving gratitude to my selected deity on a nightly basis but like most things Overstock, they are basing the strength of amenities on two year old data and the silicon slopes have lapped us. Well, I'm comparing Overstock to real tech companies which isn't fair.
Cons
1. They don't write history books about second-rate internet retailers. What does that have to do with the price of tea in China you ask? Our humble servant realized that he was loosing the war to Amazon and needed to pivot...so enter the lawsuit. 10 years of mob bosses and Sith Lords and execs wearing wires yada yada yada. The company only existed as a vehicle for the lawsuit. So what now that the lawsuit ends and he still isn't the subject of a biography? Bitcoin! Block chain! Look here! I have a legacy beyond an outlet mall on the internet! So now Overstock only exists to further fund the vain glory of the CEO. It's tough to build long-term visions and strategies as Overstock will always be his redhead stepchild while he desperately tries to distance himself from the most accurate description of him; that of the bottom-feeder getting fat on the remains of expiring e-tailers. Dude, just publish your autobiography on Amazon like every other independent hack writer does nowadays. 2. The "do as I say not as I do" mentally among much of Sr management. This is again driven from the CEO who laments the fact that his offices are empty at 6 or 7 at night as he sends the entire staff videos of his ski vacations taken during customer care's PTO blackout period. What was that line about sitting in the cart again? Or was it save paper clips or cutting the end of the ham? So many self-serving played out mantras so little time.
