Of course the floatation had a detrimental effect. It blew the curtain open, and exposed everything above the middle management layer as totally incompetent. Suddenly they had to please the shareholders and not just themselves.
Sadly it's the rotten ******** at the top who leave with their pockets stuffed. Everyone at the bottom, the ones who made it a great place to work, are left broken.
I personally think the Bacon deal was the start of the end. They took on too much, grew to quickly. All the little empires building up and slowly breaking down without communication.
If walker was turning in his grave before, he's in the rating detent now.