EP's IT/Technology department is the single greatest toxic morass of dysfunction and chaos I have ever seen. I've literally never seen or heard of a single IT project that didn't go up in flames and I wonder if the CEO is even aware of how poorly the department is managed. Projects are regularly understaffed, underbudgeted, poorly managed and overpromised. As a result, everything is constantly imploding and egregious amounts of time and money are completely wasted, over and over and over. Co-workers regularly wonder how this place hasn't gone out of business.
It looks like the ship is finally sinking, thanks to the mindblowing ineptitude of the CTO, whose entire skillset seems to be relegated to laying people off. That's literally the only successful thing he's managed to accomplish in his brief time at EP and apparently the only way he knows how to make his numbers. That and creating a culture of fear and threats. Developing great new products, expanding market share, beating the competition, and innovating are all way beyond his abilities. The CTO is in way over his head, everyone realizes it and morale is in the dumps. For EP'ers who doubt this, ask yourself this simple question: what was EP's share of the payroll market in 2011 and what is now? Once you find out the answer to that question, you'll see the truth. While you're at it, ask yourself why is everything that EP does a quick, cheap, bandaid fix? why do they refuse to invest in any long term projects? why are they moving so many projects offshore? why are they constantly reducing headcount? could it be because the exec team are prepping the company for sale? You can face the ugly truth or continue to believe the lies that management and HR tell you.
How can you tell that the CTO is lying? His lips are moving. Here's how completely tone deaf the CEO and HR are: they spent weeks begging employees to vote in a Great Places to Work survey, then promptly had layoffs.
