In regards to advisory business:
Toxic, cut throat, let’s throw each other under the bus environment. Most managers & senior managers are lacking in people management skills & could care less about the people working on their engagements. If you speak up, you get treated unfairly & marked for failure. HR is useless. No one has any one else’s interest at heart. They like to stress team work to the client but are in fact operating in a manner that gets the job done by mistreating each other, backstabbing to move ahead and taking the things you say in confidence to others to be used against you. There is no team environment. Disorganized in nature, chaotic at times and no one cares to address the areas they are lacking. It’s all about delivering to the client regardless of who you step over in the process. They throw people on projects that have no background in the area they are on & expect them to train new hires when they join the project all the while stressing & expecting high performance. How do you perform when no expectations are set, no proper training & onboarding is given, and no one knows who you are from “management”? No transparency. The “value” added for the client is laughable. At the end of the day, you are there as a tool for someone that wants to make partner & make money off your sweat & tears.