-The culture here is unbelievably toxic. Department heads are constantly fighting, and when things go wrong, everyone is quick to point fingers and play the blame game. I’ve watched new hires get blamed for mistakes after just two weeks on the job—sometimes before they’ve even finished onboarding. If you’re blaming people for things they had no real chance to control, you’ve got serious problems.
-Speed is valued way more than correctness. People are constantly rushing to push products/features out the door, and the number of mistakes that come from that is staggering. A huge chunk of time is then wasted fixing those errors and re-doing work. It’s always one step forward, two steps back. Moving fast is great, but if everything you produce has issues, maybe take the time to slow down and think through what you release
The Chief Product Officer at Brightway is completely in over her head. This isn’t entirely her fault—she was supposed to be head of design—but due to cost-cutting initiatives, she was put in charge of both product and design- which has been an unmitigated disaster. When your Chief Product Officer doesn’t understand basic concepts like story pointing or how to write stories, you’re in for some very long, frustrating days.
