Hired by a company that was circling the drain, with a promise of a huge investment ready to be signed. My department was to double in size and I was brought on board to make that happen. This is a startup where that big investment could have been true. But it wasn’t. Management kept believing and trying to sign that investor. They’re still hoping, while the company crumbles beneath them. Here I am, higher management of burnt out employees waiting for retirement, while all the capable and motivated employees left. There’s no way out of that hole without serious cash