- Lack of meaningful product innovation
- Only competitive expert in the company left recently; no Go to Market strategy to combat increasingly competitive market, product commoditization, and pricing pressures
- Skills and output don’t matter
- Recognition is reserved for individuals not teams
- Merit is overlooked; quantity of work is celebrated, not quality; extra projects to stand out are viewed as either “not part of your job” if they don’t benefit your team and your team only OR if they benefit your team only, “not enough to make a difference, do more”
- Hiring processes are weak; undeserving/incompetent candidates acquire roles that they shouldn’t
- Middle-management is incompetent; micro-management, favoritism, emotional decision-making, lack of professionalism, over-promising, under-delivering, and credit-stealing are rampant
- NO room to grow or learn more; if you voluntarily work with another team to learn more, your manager will question your intent
- high employee turnover in multiple departments due to employee dissatisfaction and unhappiness
- mentorship outside of your direct manager is looked down upon; managers are highly territorial, self-driven, and rarely focused on the company’s best interest
Most emotionally-draining work experience I’ve ever had in my life.
