beaups
join:2003-08-11
Hilliard, OH | reply to Harddrive
Re: No Honor Try again, private companies have stockholders and/or investors and/or founders, all with financial interests in the performance of said company. It's really not all that different than public companies, outside of disclosure, regulations, etc. In fact, private companies can even be worse (if you consider greed bad), due to lack of required disclosures. |
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 HarddriveProud American and Infidel since 1968.Premium
join:2000-09-20
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kudos:2 | yes, i know that. saw that first hand when i worked for Avaya during the transition from a publicly traded company to a privately held company. Silver Lake specifically said they were buying and taking Avaya private so they could do what they wanted with the company.
with a publicly held company, the company has to satisfy thousands of shareholders so they will keep and continue buying the stock.
it just seems with a company who's symbol scrolls across the bottom of CNBC's television channel, they don't really give a damn (at least in the telecommunications world) about customers subscribers. I believe the word customer has been redefined in big business as the shareholder.
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 elwoodbluesElwood BluesPremium
join:2006-08-30
HarperLand
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| I have to agree, with a publicly traded company there is that constant pressure to perform for "wall street".
It's maddening.. I recall Apple having one of their best quarters ever, yet the stock got punished, because it didn't meet Wall streets expectations.
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