Only higher ups genuinely enjoy working here. Everyone, including long-time high productivity employees, are disposable at a moment's notice. The CFO nickel and dimes everything - from salary to benefits to anything that is not filling the pockets of himself and shareholders. Private equity truly led to low-paying, stingy, and quite frankly, unfair treatment of employees that are below VP level. The best of the best leave this company for better jobs all the time - if they're not laid off to have their job handed offshore to "Daxko India." This company will literally unabashedly ruin your career just to save money on an already pitiful salary.
The only way to move up in this company is to outlast the ones smart enough to move on and advance their career elsewhere and also somehow avoid multiple layoffs. Favoritism runs rampant, so if you're good at politics you could probably move up quickly here, but be ready to get burnt out once you assume all remaining responsibilities.