Horrible Managers - Senior Product Manager Bank OZK Employee Review

1.0
Oct 17, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Some decent people to interact with outside of the management.

Cons

STAY AWAY FROM PRODUCT TEAM. The head of the product area is a joke. A pompous manager that acts like they are training people, but then loves it when people cannot do things and they can step in and be the Hero. Only thing leadership cares about is making sure they get noticed and ensuring that everyone looks at them as these invaluable faces for the company. They do not care about their workers and how they progress, just that they can delegate work, then come storming back in to save the day when things go wrong! I have worked at a number of tech companies, and believe me, these "managers" know absolutely nothing about managing compared to the other companies where I have worked. That is why people leave! There is a reason they are always looking for people in this area so don't waste your time here, and go find a company that cares and has a great team. You will know a good company when you see how long people stay there.

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2.0
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Good benefits and a stable paycheck. There are people here doing genuinely strong work and trying to build things the right way. Some leaders are approachable and mean well.

Cons

Concerns get heard but rarely resolved. You'll get a warm, sympathetic response and then nothing changes. If you raise the same issue again, you get the same warm response again. Job responsibilities tend to grow well past what the role is classified and paid for, with no adjustment in title or compensation to match. Being direct or setting boundaries about workload gets read as a personality problem instead of a legitimate concern. Compensation doesn't always reflect the level of work being done, especially compared to peers doing similar jobs. There's no meaningful career path or growth programming. Something I didn't know before joining, and wish I had, is that the headquarters is essentially an art museum, the bank owns a private collection and gives tours of the building. It's a striking level of investment in physical spaces. In hindsight, that would have prompted me to ask more pointed questions in my interview about employee development and career growth, because that same level of investment doesn't extend to training programs or growth paths for staff. If you're interviewing here, ask specifically what career progression looks like and what's budgeted for employee development, not just what the office looks like.

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