O'Reilly is managed by accountants, not leaders. It has the feel of a company trying to keep the ship from sinking rather than trying to forge ahead to new and exciting destinations. As such, every new project feels desperate and not very well thought out, these new projects are usually given just one year with no metrics or goals and then are given the axe without any explanation. People who volunteered to work on the new project are let go instead of given their old job where there were previously successful. Tim doesn't run the company and hasn't for a decade. Instead he gave the reigns to an accountant who has no long term vision for the company.
