DGP123 wrote: ↑24 Feb 2023, 22:26
Yeah, quite depressing really. Not expecting much this season, and that’s not being negative, it’s looking like reality.
Agree, the team doesn’t seem to have much direction right now.
Loss of key engineering/engine staff evident now.
This!!!
I have more than 15 years of working in different big(ish) corporation. The pattern seems almost carbon copy. They hire personnel, instead of incentivizing with bigger salaries and clear career paths, they try to keep the employees happy with prestige, like with this attitude "... hey money isn't everything, you must be proud who you're working for...". And slowly the key personnel leaves, especially the more experienced and those who know that their impact was bigger than what they were getting credit for. And slowly the team loses the coherence, focus and most importantly passion.
I'm not saying this is what exactly is happening at Mercedes, but I do believe that Nikki left a huge hole which was never filled. With James Allison taking a back seat, without Aldo Costa who was in my opinion the genius behind incredible suspension mechanics Merc enjoyed since 2013.
Then Andy Cowell left the HPP engine department. Yeah... I knew hard times were coming.
As much as Toto's philosophy is about having the right mindset, right culture and right system at a successful organization, (which I do agree generally), the individuals make the difference, those very talented self-driven and highly motivated hard working and
HIGHTLY TALENTED individuals make most of the difference in such marginal competitive environment.
If Mercedes does not get back to talent hunting, they will fall in the midfield purgatory.