RE: serco11 Aug 2015 16:12
I used to work for Serco until late last year but left to have a go at contracting. I agree a little with Bothyboy's sentiment. But there are some phenomenally talented people working from Junior management through to Senior management. The company was undone by trying to get away from core competencies, which is now the manifesto once again.
The share price was killed by poor and over ambitious decision making from the Board. But these have been removed and the cream of talent left will rise to the top.
Mr Soames is the perfect leader to restore past performance. Speaking with old colleagues, morale is rising slowly and the fun is back in bidding for work.
I have been watching closely here for a year and will take a position in the next couple of weeks because I believe the bottom has been reached and SRP will steadily rise again.
As a side note, Guardian long reads (and the podcast version) have a terrific feature on Serco/Rupert Soames.... which is well worth a read/listen.
GL