A lot of potential, but always seems to fall short. - Information Technology Professional Beyond, Inc. Employee Review

3.0
26 Aug 2014
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Pros

All the parts are here to make amazing things happen. Super intelligent people. Fun atmosphere. Interesting challenges in both business and tech. Very progressive CEO. Lots of opportunity to move around the organization and learn new parts of the business.

Cons

Nepotism runs rampant. Politics play more into promotions then merit. Very progressive CEO. Always looking for the next Golden Goose to kill. Timelines and dates are mandated before ideas are fully realized. Very dysfunctional priority resolution. Too reactionary and not enough long term strategy.

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Beyond, Inc. Response
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Thanks for the advice. I am all in favor of building more cross-functional teams. There is some push-back from some folks who prefer conventional org structures, which I understand. I think where I am coming out is that I should focus on developing more business units with their own individual scorecards, but let people decide for themselves whether they want to be on such teams, or stay within more conventionally organized departments. - Patrick PS Yes, I am sure that there are both pros and cons to having me as CEO.

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