Empower reviews

less than a year in IT here. Avg salary, benefits, PTO. @Horrible culture * times two. @lack of trust * times FOUR. @weird policies * times two. mergers have resulted in politics and muscle flexing, and nothing planned by CEO to consciously look to mesh pieces in harmony. 50-55 hr is quite common and people tend to laugh about it as part of their culture. you know peer is on vacation once you get automatic out of office reply. too stressed env. go at lunch time and see how many employees leave for outside lunch (very few). don't be surprised if exec mngt treats you as bottom of barrel vs a teammate to mutual success. not uncommon for managers to negotiate leaving staff by offering more money. no onsite employee led all-hand events (noble cause, BBQ, wear X when you donate Y to charity, etc.). Need permission to add a certification on LinkedIn, cannot participate in any discussion groups once declare your employer name on LI. say what?!. zero casual dress days. if you are working from home you must be twiddling thumbs. Everything is critical and every initiative is highest priority!. lack of focus. You may feel Einstein with brightest brain in meetings, or wanting to bang head on wall reading approach of people in emails dealing with uncommon matters. you may notice more often than not that people get surprised and may wish you could maybe not take timeoff in middle of important things (which everything is!). Goals are not setup till May. few would cover your back as mistakes are not taken as sign of learning. You feel company is trying to go places but is missing foundational things. prepare to bring yourself to work daily and then leave, anything of the sorts of vision/mission, energy, calculated risk taking, team work, trust, laughter is missing in the day. If you manage to assimilate, good for you, else (and especially if coming from a good culture company) ....upto you! purposefully listed small and big aspects so you get full picture of current state.