To take things further, these failed companies become zombies, and like zombies, they become more than just toxic, they become dangerous. When your good people

To take things further, these failed companies become zombies, and like zombies, they become more than just toxic, they become dangerous. When your good people start leaving, you replace them with OK people. When THOSE people leave you replace them with anyone with a pulse. Those people eventually screw things up and you wind up with data breaches and the like which further screw over customers, shareholders, employees or all of the above. Zombie companies are bad news.