Here are the things that have been taken away, or changed for the worse.
- Remote work, even though 90% of the job is either independent or on zoom meetings with customers from all over.
- Snack quality has been slowly deteriorating. Used to get Celsius and jerky type snacks. Now we have flavored water and chips.
- Raises are arbitrary. Last review, I scored a 3.5/4, but got less than 3%. A coworker scored a 2.8, and got ~5%
- Specific goals, making scoring employees on those goals completely subjective. Meeting or exceeding the goals as stated, is often met with "another person is doing even better in this category so you get a lower score."
- A positive culture. We used to have relationships with the leaders. Now we're lucky to speak to a manager unless we do something wrong, or it's a scheduled one on one.
- Work-life balance has gone out the window after layoffs have shaken job security, then being moved to salary, and then the increased pressure to consistently exceed the highest expectations.
- Benefits Package removed, effectively cutting the salary by 10k
- Job title changed, with double the expectations. Pay changed to salary, with no increase in pay.
- Helpful and compassionate leadership, has turned nitpicky, overbearing, and bureaucratic.
- Selective enforcement of policies, some people get in trouble for being late, others stroll into the office 1 or 2 hours late, if at all.
- No standard expectations. One manager will praise your work, while the next will tell you you're not doing enough.
- Constant change in management causes whiplash, and any growth under the previous management gets lost and/or ignored.
- Promotions are more often than not, skewed towards HQ employees. Good employees from other locations are often passed up for less experienced people. Sometimes even demoted and replaced with less experienced people from HQ.