Dimensional Fund Advisors reviews

IT Management is a dysfunctional mess. Poor work life, balance. I completely understand that the nature of working on an IT operations team requires putting in a significant amount of after-hours work, but there is often consideration given for that effort. That no longer exists in DFA IT. Despite losing a large number of long term, dedicated, smart and talented employees, the HR department has done little to improve the situation. Despite the company’s continued, long term financial success, the company continues to invent new ways to reduce the quality of the benefits, charge more for them. Finally, there are limited career advancement opportunities, all management and lead positions are filled with buddies of the in place management.

Management, management, management. As with any newly hired I.T. VP, first thing they want to do is clean house of all the old timers and bring in their own people. No need to keep and retain employees who actually have the skills and know-how to keep a large global infrastructure running like a well cared for machine. Forget about learning the business, understanding all the system dependencies or identifying department strengths/weaknesses. It’s about an evolution, not a revolution for the I.T. department. Sr. I.T. Manager only hires best friends to fill open positions that will report to him directly. Nepotism is wide spread in I.T. Op's. Work place bullying encouraged to force current staff to resign. There is no longer any room for growth or advancement within I.T. New I.T. hires have identified the problems with I.T. management and resign within a month of being hired. As of this posting the I.T. department has a 46% attrition rate. I.T. management has made the work environment so unbearable that employees resign even before securing new employment elsewhere. H.R. does not take employee complaints seriously and dismiss grievances as employee being cynical.