Pros
I saw that other teams gave each other the respect I longed for. I was once asked by a Director if 8am was too early for a meeting, and this question alone from someone outside my team showed me that others do care. Such a simple measure of respect was so noticed that I started to see how toxic of a group I was in. Can I go into cons now?
Cons
I spent 9 months of my life here and can only add job trauma and anxiety to my resume. I put my two weeks in after consistently telling myself “it will get better” and seeing the true ugly creep in more. 5am meetings, no time off for a family death, lack of access to training, goal posts constantly moving, 3rd wave of layoffs and seeing things go from collaborative to hostile and isolated. I had a team lead personally text me on my cell phone about our other team member and then they deleted it realizing it wasn’t meant for me. Damage done though as I saw it and it wasn’t nice, and I was one month in at this point and just knew things weren’t going to be ok. My boss didn’t schedule a call to discuss my letter of resignation, didn’t tell HR, I didn’t know if my PTO would be paid out and an exit interview never happened. It was a “mean girl” led team working at all costs to heal their unfortunate inner child’s need for some sort of control, acceptance and power. The disregard for employee wellbeing showed me that this was not a place to be.