> Being promoted has more impact on the individuals economic success than the product growth. The decision which product to work on stems from the odds of getti

> Being promoted has more impact on the individuals economic success than the product growth. The decision which product to work on stems from the odds of getting promoted and thus we began onboarding people with the wrong state of mind - seeing Waze as a stepping stone and not as a calling. Their ability to maximize their own income before the acquisition was based on how successful your product was- they had stock options! Their ability to maximize their income after the acquisition was based on getting their next promotion. They were never actually in love with your product. The passion was not passion for what you did. Their passion was for money. Waze was always a stepping stone. All the while, here you are complaining that you can't arbitrarily fire people, that you can't "speak your mind" for fear of HR complaints, just generally wishing you could continue to abuse your employees. These are things you only did because those employees were just a stepping stone for your success, not people. What a whiny hypocrite.