Communication is a huge issue, but this isn’t a Savvas issue, per se, it’s more of a “pre-existing condition” from Pearson. We don’t know when key people move to new teams. We don’t know when new programs are coming down the line. Some teams are so big, no one knows who should [do this task]. We have Savvy, Salesforce, Dayforce, and Google Sites which provide *several* sources of truth for company information as opposed to just one. Case in point, Dayforce has all of our HR policies and holiday schedules, etc., but we received no email that this was the case. Savvy is hardly updated yet it’s supposed to be our “company hub for information”.
Lastly, the cross-functional headbutting is terrible. Let’s just say, in the course of performing my duties, I’m constantly met with resistance citing schedule or cost constraints. While these are understandable constraints, the fact is, the markets require [my job be done] and by not doing so, we pose risk to opportunities to be in that and other markets. Moreover, we potentially lose the ability to be differentiated from our competitors. More often than not, rework is required because when they’re forced to [do it], they’ve lost time.