
Base pay. Stock options are under water at this point.
Key players can still command enough independence to do what's needed to keep things afloat.
Hiring optimized for agreeability over skill, and for compliance over leadership so there are multiple leadership and innovation vacuums. Most of HR needs to be purged and entrepreneurial spirit needs to be brought back into the priorities.
HR needs to be purged and restaffed. They're too inter-associated and are trying to bring the culture of their previous employers into the company. They are shockingly devoid of a working knowledge of Engineering organizations and culture. Simply look at who's left Branch in the last 120 days..