Coming here from another tech company, IGT has very antiquated ideas of working, the biggest example being the return to office push, but also there is very little in the way of creating a meaningful corporate culture. Managers show little interest in improving things; the old ways are very ingrained. Work is very silo'd and departments don't talk to each other, resulting in a lot of confusion and inefficiency. There are a lot of just bad employees who do very little but are protected. Being yelled at by peers is not unusual here, in my experience. I've never been so rudely spoken to in my career as I have here.
Change management is non-existent, which is a problem considering the upcoming corporate split. They drop bombs like "there will be layoffs" in town halls without any follow up or insight, causing panic and worry. They said "return to office" starting January 1 would have an exemption mechanism that is still not available, 6 weeks after the policy took effect. Managers from high to mid-level lack empathy and interest in employee well being (in my experience anyway) and do little to improve morale or build corporate culture. Raises are repeatedly "deferred" until later in the year than the norm, and when they happen they are meager. Some people have gone years without salary increase. If you apply here, push for the highest salary possible, as you will have to live with it for a long time. Little if any opportunity in the way of career progression. Overall it just feels like the employees are last on the list of things to think about, and we are given minimum effort or consideration. It feels like upper management is entirely out of touch with the employee base, and expect us to be robots without feelings - but as long as shareholders benefit it's all good, right?
HR team is completely overworked and although they are supportive, the expectations put on them are not sustainable. They are also pretty stingy with benefits, offering people in the US very limited time off, with no opportunity to earn more, while other regions get very generous leave policies.
