When Gossip Matters More Than Performance
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One positive aspect is the exceptionally strong sense of teamwork and solidarity among colleagues. Across both former companies, iSquared and Forward AM, employees continue to support each other, share information openly, and stand together despite the challenges created by management.
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The managing director should understand that employees are not her drinking buddies or personal friends. If she chooses to gossip about employees, she should not be surprised when those conversations eventually make their way back to the people concerned.
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It is genuinely painful to watch a company with outstanding know-how, excellent products, and highly experienced employees being driven into decline by poor leadership and a complete lack of focus on what actually matters.
Instead of addressing the loss of talented staff, strengthening the business, and preserving the expertise that once made these companies successful, the atmosphere often feels dominated by internal politics and gossip. Particularly disappointing is the impression that this behavior is not only tolerated but reinforced by senior management.
While experienced employees continue to leave and valuable knowledge disappears with them, management appears more focused on cultivating its image with the parent company in Israel than on solving the growing problems within the organization. From an employee's perspective, maintaining visibility and approval at the corporate level often seems to take precedence over addressing operational challenges and supporting the people who keep the business running.
The most frustrating part is that this outcome was entirely predictable. Many employees saw the warning signs years ago. What were once two companies built on expertise, quality products, and dedicated professionals are now steadily losing the very foundations that made them successful.
Watching years of accumulated knowledge, trust, and talent being wasted through misplaced priorities is not only disappointing—it is embarrassing.