-Growth opportunities do not come with pay/support
-Poor communication on all levels of the leadership structure
-Higher-level leadership is poor
-Significant pay cuts
-Company bites off more than they can chew and internal guests suffer because of it (Ex: investing in extensions of the brand that bleed money such as Arula and not hitting unrealistic targets therefore the staff pays via eliminated bonus structure and pay cuts)
-Began slacking on standards as the company appears to be going under (Ex: diminishing quality of hire, elimination of Gallup assessments, high turnover rate due to lack of investment in internal guests, improper payroll delegation)