Pros
Well articulated marketing messages aligned to CEO's vision for the future. CEO is skillful in attracting great experienced leadership talent from outside and major new investment from Indian PE firm. CFO is masterful at exploiting accounts payables and employee reimbursements to extend free cash balances to buy small mom-and-pop tuck-in acquisitions to help meet revenue goals on top of stalled core business lines.
Cons
Stalled in achieving any real shift in business model or growth from existing businesses. Not able to inspire the current staff from historical easy-going work style. It is simply a small-minded, marginally capable body shop with same-old basic technology skills, headquartered in suburbia near the King of Prussia shopping mall, with bold ambitions and no sense of what it really takes. Profitability is derived from pushing most content work to pools of techology staff in India, and leaning on key individuals to work extra hours. No attention is paid to retention of talent, long-term career development of its people, or quality of client services. Most employees stay because they cannot earn current salaries elsewhere and many clients stay because of preferred pricing on commodity skills.