-Although the CEOs are open to people talking to them about problems that they see in the company, the same cannot be said for everyone in management. Some middle managers in particular often will label people who have opinions on things as being "uncooperative" rather than listening to what they have to say. Or, they will come up with data that they can spin in a way that seems to discount the employee's concerns (in addition to labeling the employee as being "uncooperative").
-Middle management will sometimes say something, but not live up to it. For example, middle management will tell employees to talk to them if they're feeling stressed or overwhelmed, so that they can have a conversation about what can be taken off of the employee's plate. However, if people actually talk to middle management, they will basically pressure people into doing all of the work anyways.
-Expectations seem like they're unclear sometimes. I've seen some people be fired who I thought were performing just as well (if not better) than some employees who are still at the company.
-GSG seems to value speed a lot more than quality. As a smaller company, this is somewhat understandable since we're trying to get clients live quickly. However, it can be frustrating.
-GSG values efficiency a lot, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. However, sometimes this can lead to timelines with little to no wiggle-room, depending on what team you're on. For some teams, for example, tickets are often sized in hours, and it seems like the question asked when estimating tickets is, "if someone were absolutely laser-focused on this ticket and was familiar with this area of the code, how long would it take to do this ticket if everything went smoothly?" After tickets are estimated, the question that's asked when assigning tickets is "how many non-meeting hours does this developer have? We shall assign this developer enough tickets to fill all of those hours." That's a bit of an exaggeration, but that's what it feels like sometimes.
-The base salary is relatively low, even taking into account that this company is based out of Pittsburgh. The company does try to make up for this with year-end bonuses, but bonuses are not guaranteed (having said that though, I have received a bonus every year so far).
