As an experienced professional with multiple CCIEs and many years in the industry, I'm concerned about the quality of hiring and management decisions being made in our region.
Our one-on-one meetings with the manager seem to lack focus on professional development or addressing business challenges. Instead, they often revolve around personal matters. This lack of meaningful engagement from leadership is concerning, especially when critical decisions like hiring and firing are being made.
Sales figures indicate that our region's performance is declining, likely due to weak leadership and poor hiring choices, not only the economic slowdown. We risk losing valuable talent if these issues persist. Highly skilled and qualified engineers tend to leave organizations not because of the work itself, but due to ineffective management.
Collapse the management layers, retain talented engineers.