Everything in IT is below average, outdated and misrepresented including senior manager, people, processes and projects. When you compare the values in IT to the firm’s core values, IT managers does not follow the same.
Entrepreneurship - Having an opinion or idea in IT is discouraged. We run the same outdated systems and processes and once in a while we get to work on something cool that another team comes up with. IT rarely proposes the ideas unless it comes from the top only. The team then has to figure out lack of alignment between leaders and groups.
Meritocratic - not valued in IT. There is a culture of favoritism of the followers that do what there told. If you are a follower of the senior manager, you move up. But everyone understands it is because you did what you were told and not because you were entrepreneurial or performance. So many leaders were promoted this year. Who knows if they can make their own decisions. They will not be here next year if they do.
Collaboration - This only happens with favorites. The rest of the team does not have a voice unless surveys or post here. People with ideas different from leadership ideas are scared to have them. You will lose your job if you don’t agree. All decisions are made by one person. Projects, priorities, processes, hiring, firing are all made by one person for 250 people.
Inclusion and Diversity - There is no community or trust in IT. Most time is spent with favorites and there is no diversity. It is illusion.
We have hired new people who are working hard to make changes but won’t when so much power at the top only.
