There is only so much you can hide. Do you have BI? Well, they know numbers better than you, guess what? They talk to the rest of the company. Do you have metr

There is only so much you can hide. Do you have BI? Well, they know numbers better than you, guess what? They talk to the rest of the company. Do you have metrics available somewhere? Doesn't matter real-time or N days report - people can connect the dots: signs up are flat, but we keep hiring. You can't meet requirements without marketing pushes? Well, shit, I wonder if a company spends 2 dollars to earn 1 dollar. You can lie and bullshit all you want, but your reports and their reports will know. I worked in a company where the analytics team suddenly decided to leave, all within days of each other. Month later - layoff. They weren't told that things are bad, they were the one who told you that things are bad.