- total emphasis on cost control at the expense of product quality, innovation, learning, program excellence, efficiency and customer experience. Isn't possible for a high tech company to continue operating in this manner and remain successful. Note that growth is almost exclusively from acquisitions.
- low trust culture: more tightly held decision-making than I've seen at any other company. Several top-talent leaders left because they were not allowed to make key decisions for their groups - lots of responsibility and accountability without authority which is senseless.
- Mostly C and below talent, A talent gets frustrated with the tight control and mediocrity built into the culture and leaves.
- Infrastructure and processes are so inefficient and clumsy that it becomes a serious barrier to getting one's job done.
- Very much a glass ceiling for non-Israelis. Israelis are routinely given preference for leadership jobs outside of Israel, even when they are nowhere near as qualified as local candidates. This really hurts the business in many ways.
- Work-life integration for most is non-existent. There is a belief that if you don't work 60-80 hours every week, you're not really committed. Employees who are parents of children routinely have to sacrifice their relationships to be successful.
