Great teammates at the peer level; unfortunately, upper leadership doesn’t model the same values
The mission still matters — the culture just no longer supports it
Learned a lot about resilience and managing under pressure
Cons
The culture has become toxic and divisive — collaboration has been replaced with fear and favoritism.
Leadership often rewards the loudest voices rather than the most effective or ethical performers.
Poor communication and inconsistent expectations across teams; what’s praised one week is criticized the next.
Favoritism and cliques create a sense of exclusion and mistrust, making it hard to build true teamwork.
Upper leadership created a punitive environment
Terrible resources to do the work effectively
Upper management/leaders
HR Leaders
Current employees receiving a promotion are paid less than a new employee coming in for the same role
Terrible pay scale for the required experience level