Hitachi Vantara in full self destruct mode - Anonymous employee Hitachi Vantara Employee Review

1.0
May 10, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great people and great culture that is quickly eroding

Cons

New management brought in from GE Digital are bringing their ineptness to Hitachi like a virus. It is really incredible to witness the meltdown in engineering and strategy (which wasn't great before). There is absolutely no plan beyond hiring consultants to deflect real responsibility for product management. The recent kickoff presentation from Brad Surak (the Chief Strategist brought in from GE Digital) was missing any strategy or roadmap. Literally nothing tangible about any product line. How does an executive give a presentation on strategy and then not communicate a strategy?

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