No room for improvement - Cyber Analyst Charles River Associates Employee Review

No work life balance - the only week I work a normal 40 hours week was my first week. Every week it is on average about 60 hours to 80 hours weeks. No open communication about your work or feedback from upper management. One analyst is supposed to handle 20+ cases weekly. Very assembly line kind of work. All the good cases are taken by managers who are not free to teach since they are busy. No room for professional growth. All the requests for attending conferences or taking SANS certificates get turned down because they do not want to invest "that" much in analysts (to be honest, analysts in Big 4 are supported to do SANS). Likes to spend on unnecessary parties or dinners. Bad at choosing their teams. Macho culture.