Pros
You just purchased a new modestly priced - but seemingly nice enough - house in the MiHIN community. At first you think to yourself, "This doesn't seem so bad". Financially things could be better, sure, but hey - you've got a roof above your head. The benefits of being in the local homeowners' association are pretty solid, and you've got some decent neighbors. There are a few bad ones too, but you ignore them, and you feel relatively safe and secure.
Cons
Then, at some point, the cracks start to show. You catch glimpses of cockroaches running across the floor. There's a musty smell coming from the basement. The garage is leaking, and the drip reverberates throughout the entire house. You start to hear neighbors spreading rumors about you. You notice that the leaders of the local HOA have much nicer houses than everyone else, and they're all driving luxury cars. One of them even has a Ferrari Roma. Slowly, you notice that the few decent neighbors whose company you once enjoyed have all began to depart the neighborhood. They're all being replaced by people who all seem to have existing friendships with the leaders of the HOA. They're all incredibly incompetent, as well - they clearly don't know how to maintain a house, but the HOA seems to look the other way as they're clearly friends. It looks like some of them are even getting free gift baskets delivered weekly from the association's courier. You'd certainly never gotten a free gift basket. Some days you convince yourself that things aren't so bad. Other days you trip walking down the uneven, broken driveway that leads to your leaky garage. You sit in the uncomfortable couch in your front room and gaze out the window, thinking, "Can things be better? Am I asking for too much?". Your moment of tranquil reflection is interrupted by the sound of a V8 twin-turbo engine racing down the street. A Ferrari Roma comes into view, and pulls into your driveway. The president of the HOA hops out and jogs up to your door wearing Gucci slippers. He's has Air Pods in, and you're pretty sure you can hear Katy Perry's 2008 hit "Hot N Cold" playing. "I can't help but notice you were absent at the HOA meeting yesterday. You know you need to show your face at the meetings Tuesdays and Thursdays," the president rattles off, without so much as greeting you. He's looking down at his phone while he speaks to you, seemingly typing an email. You notice he's spelled the word 'synergy' incorrectly. "If I don't see you at the meeting tomorrow, I'll have to send out another email to the group. This is a team effort." He hops back into the idling Jaguar. Another one of the executive leaders pops a bottle of champagne and cranks up the stereo as they drive off. A single tear rolls down your cheek. --- House allegory ends here --- MiHIN is a company of squandered potential. They continue to exist because their funding does not in any way, shape, or form rely on their competence as a company. Project upon project is piled upon the average joe workers, with no regard to capacity or what can truly be managed. Team-level leaders are made to be on-call 24/7 due to lack of proper coverage. Hiring can't keep up with all of the turnover. Talented individuals work themselves to the bone at the orders of incompetent leaders. On that note, the vast majority of MiHIN's executive leadership team are about as effective at interacting with people as an alien might be, and equally incompetent at retaining talent. They rake in hundreds of thousands of dollars per year while salaries for your downstream workers are not even close to being competitive.
