Base compensation is often under market ~ 10-15% in some cases.
Indiscriminate salary freezes in 2017 for engineers.
Frivolous promotions to get around the 2017 salary freeze rule.
Employee turnover in key departments is over 50% for some positions.
Layers of dysfunction between VPs/directors in different departments.
Cronyism galore. You will often witness managers arguing with each other over who has a longer relationship with the CEO, when one of them tries to escalate a mundane issue; behavior not unlike that of Japanese Macaques, but without the voice of David Attenborough narrating.
Employee suggestions are generally valued unless they clash with the baseless opinion of a well-connected manager. This is true when it comes to organizational changes, picking projects for teams to work on and even when it comes to engineering decisions. Name dropping trumps months of work any day.
All of the above results in employees feeling demoralized, phoning it in and often leaving out of sheer emotional exhaustion.
