To: PartyTime who wrote (13955 ) 9/14/1998 10:45:00 AM From: BlueFox Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 18444
in the context of Netscape, he explained there were big-name-type clients that the former SIMers went after, giving up too much, in order to land new accounts. Are these are the same big name "blue-chip" clients we've been hearing such grand things about for seven months?His implication was there were better cost-sensitive ways in which to land new clients. This, itself, is not a bad thing. This was the part of the conversation where the head honcho describes how the fat is trimmed, implying the company won't yeild so much in the future when landing new clinets. This could also be the part of the conversation where the head-honcho makes excuses of "fat-trimming" for the loss of major clients. No offense Party, but I question why PH would out meeting with the biggest pro-ZULU fanatic instead of releasing information in a public manner. For me personally, that makes the situation smell even worse. PH would know that anything said to you in would be filtered through rose-coloured glasses and blasted all over the threads. We've been hearing about re-engineering the business, etc, for months. We've discussed "Mr. X has been hired as CEO", and raved at the changes. Then the company turns around and starts tossing out those changes, and we say "It's all part of re-engineering". Then "Mr. Green will save the world", then "where is Mr. Green?". All along we laud the "blue-chip clients", only to say later "the weren't worth what it took to get them". Do you see a pattern here? Even if all the justifications for changes are true, IMO we're looking at an organization that has made a few errors in judgement in a relatively short period of time. I'm beginning to appreciate JT's "I love a mystery" motto. I'll bet there's more to this than meets the eye. BF