Great benefits, people, but slow-moving and stuck in the past - Technical Analyst - Senior CoBank Employee Review

Too many management tiers causing frequent communication breakdowns and slowdowns due to every piece of new information having to make its way through the chain of command Much of management is out of touch with the work that goes on below them Too many meetings that could have been an email. People are afraid to communicate via email for fear of being held to something they said Still using technologies of the past, and only very slowly moving into the future Big projects are accomplished via pressure from above, not adequate project planning Project management and capacity management contribute to slowdowns by complicated and inefficient processes that don't bring real value Programmers often have project managers with no technical background as their direct supervisor