Pros
If you are looking for an example that gives you personal experience on how to run a formerly successful company into the ground, then take a job with Absolute. Everything that is wrong with leadership and culture piled up into one company.
Kontras
Current CEO sold the Board of Directors a vision that has failed. CEO came into Absolute like a Bull in a China Shop thinking he could "spin" the technology into the INFOSEC world. His way or the highway was the approach. He did not understand the complexities and nuances of the software and services. He abandoned the CORE of what was making the revenue (and paying the bills). He has surrounded himself by "yes men", or hired them. Almost all the former team has been released and new players brought in. Problem is that they are just playing up to the CEO's