Pros
Opportunities to learn new tools and technology. Good teammates, who are (mostly) equally abused.
Cons
The stress level is getting very unhealthy. You think you try and do a good job only to be accused of doing exactly the opposite. Literally - accused. The glass is always half empty, ideas are bad, initiatives are killed at the bud with “why would you even consider that?” The first answer is always a “no” before you even get a chance to present your case. Leadership demonstrates lack of emotional intelligence and has a habit to be on the lookout for someone to blame. It inevitably prompts “some” people to throw others under the bus, especially if they are in a higher position than you. The distrust increases, team dynamics become unpleasant and even toxic, people are more likely to leave. Leadership sees no connection and continues on this track rather than trusting people they hired, having put them though way more interviews than any company I know and rather than focusing on the processes and addressing the issues together as a team. There is a lot of mess to clean and regardless of your efforts in any direction you get blamed for not cleaning it in a different direction, or quickly enough… or cleaning the wrong mess when there’s other mess, or doing it at the wrong time, or not doing it just yet, after you were told to do that yesterday, etc. You regularly have to split among 5-6 priorities. If you can’t handle all - let’s look for someone to blame. Somebody must be to blame, may as well be you. Most people are very serious, no jokes. The environment overall is heavy. 0 fun. It’s only work. No getting to know colleagues as people and not just employees. Colleagues are afraid to say anything because every word is scrutinized and remember the team dynamics? need to find someone to blame. So be careful with your words. You will be accused on the spot without hesitation and in front of everyone. Public shaming? No big deal. Because remember? Lack of emotional intelligence… and no awareness of the impact of tone, setting and choice of words on others. You are expected to work work work to get things done at any hour it takes but for the “regular people” the pay is lower than the pay at comparable companies. Then they are the first ones to be thrown under the buss when there is a search for who is to blame. You get yelled at regularly or spoken to as if you are stupid and you are supposed to just take it. And then take it another day… Because apparently working just can’t be enjoyable and it has to cause you constant stress that permeates other areas of life! But nobody acknowledges you have other life. Or maybe management thinks they have to stress you out on purpose to get results. That’s what it seems.
