PECI upper management has a hard time seeing the larger movements in the marketplace. It caused them to over leverage during an industry-wide growth a few years ago, and had to lay off a lot of people and cut benefits for those remaining earlier in 2012. Unfortunately, this also left them fairly noncompetitive from a compensation and benefits standpoint. The senior management is so disconnected from what's happening on the ground, even when you have an opportunity to speak plainly with one of them, the message does not get through because there is no common experience on which to relate. This disconnect leads to a lot of business problems, like missed opportunities, but on a more personal level, creates stress and problems on the ground level that are completely unnecessary. I feel that the organization is deeply troubled, and after several years of turbulence, the signs are not yet pointing toward improvements. The organization shows a lot of symptoms of inexperience, the least of which is that it has not learned yet how to hire and fire effectively. Team members who are actually damaging the company are kept on for far too long.
