Since we are nearing Halloween, I'll use a topical analogy to describe what I believe to be a reasonable motivation for your observations.
Let's say you go online and search for local haunted houses. You find one that you're interested in and read all of the online reviews. You find one on main street that all the yelp users say is the scariest and best one. You decide you want to check it out.
When you get there you have to buy a ticket at a window and then go stand in line to actually go into the haunted house. You didn't get here as early as you had hoped and you're a little ways back in the line. It begins to move a little, but you're still nowhere near getting in when someone comes out and says that "wow it's really scary in here and it's awesome, but we're closing for the evening"
You think, no big deal, I'll just get a refund and check out another haunted house. You go back to the ticket window and you're told that you'll have to pay a convenience fee that is a large percentage of the original ticket price if you want a refund. BUT, you can come back tomorrow and your ticket will still be good.
You think, ok I'll come back tomorrow.
The next day you arrive and get in line only to be told after standing for a few hours that you'll in fact need to come back tomorrow because maintenance is being done today. You do this over and over for a week. You've bought your ticket and you've wasted a ton of time. At this point do you cut your losses? Well no, you waited over a week and Halloween is over and all of the other haunted houses are closing down for the year. The one you hold your ticket to is still telling you, "soon we'll let you in to see all those great things you read about online"
You see an employee and ask him/her if you can speak to the manager. They simply ignore you and walk away. The other people in the line see this and realize what a crappy situation you and they are both in and begin to tell you how awesome the reviews were that they read and how awesome it's going to be once you're all inside.
It's at this point you realize that you're stuck and you die a little inside. In fact, if you could take how you're feeling and personify it, it might be the scariest thing that you could see in a haunted house.
At this point, your inner child presents itself and you throw a temper tantrum so that all those still in line see it, and you hope that anyone else who may be thinking about purchasing a ticket will refrain until management takes notice and actually comes through on the things you were promised.
Here's the deal: The DD suggests that this could make us a lot of money. Unfortunately, it would seem that the CEO goes out of her way to over promise and under deliver. I've been expecting financials next week for months now. She knew why they were late months ago. Did she say we're working on things or there are issues? NO....she said they'll be out next week.....they'll be out soon. All while knowing what was going on with their auditor. That is flat out dishonest. We're now seeing the same pattern with these big deals. They are coming next week...they are coming soon.
Maybe they are, maybe they aren't. I'm not certain any more. I haven't lost faith that the company can be profitable and successful, but I am quickly losing faith in the CEO.
This is all just my opinion, but I understand why people are upset and they are simply doing everything they can to pressure the CEO to simply do what she has stated she would in the timeframe she has promised. If she can't comply with her timeline, simply post an update and not some picture of her from 3 years ago.
GLTA here.
AI
