There is an underlying class system at work at Getty Images and/or a 'good ole boys club'. Where people get promoted because they are on good terms with people and not based on performance. Also, the rules only apply to certain people despite what corporate policy dictates.
Middle Management does not listen to their engineers nor do they invite engineers to meetings regarding technical solutions that are to be purchased. This has cost the company a lot of money on shoddy products with sub-par support.
As stated below, there is a director level which is unneeded and costs the company a lot of money in addition to slowing down progress due to them holding things up or making bad decisions.
Decisions are made by the management that cost the company money without any regard for business function. For example, director level and up in the company get a Mac Laptop which is basically a status symbol. We do not have any business applications that use Macs so there is no reason to have them other than people trying to feel important. Support for the unneeded Macs cost the company lots of money without reason.
Management expects projects and/or tasks to be completed without providing the tools/equipment to get the job done. This just leaves things in limbo where management feels they are no longer responsible and so an engineer can be thrown under the bus. In the same vein, many teams are understaffed yet expected to get the same work accomplished as when their team was fully staffed.
Benefits/Bonuses have been cut (401K matching) and raises have been denied due to the "economy". Getty does not have enough money to pay for these things any longer that were promised when people were hired, but they do have enough to purchase other companies and purchase expensive applications which end up being bad decisions.
There is no room for advancement at Getty in IT.
In order to save money, Getty is jamming all of its staff on one less floor which effectively is getting rid of all average size cubicles to be replaced by open desks stuck together with little dividers.
