In IQPC it matters more who your friends are than how good you are at your job or how hard you work. If you are not friend with the right people, you won't go anywhere.
There's a lot of politics and a lot of bitching.
IQPC pay very low salaries compared to the market average.
The company parties are always the same: a dance routine to be prepared and performed as a team. Everyone got tired of them, but those who organise them seem not to have noticed. Occasionally there is a treasure hunt, but most people go to the pub instead.
The way IQPC treat some of its employees is really appalling. About this I want to share two short stories:
1) a colleague of mine once realised that his work was being done by someone else. Not long after that he was sacked and it turned out that everyone in his (small) office knew his employment would have ended. Everyone but for him.
2) The lead generation team was on one occasion promised they would have received a special 'prize' if they had reached a higher target that day. Some of the guys in the team actually worked harder and reached the target. At lunch time everyone was invited to the boardroom and the 'prizes' were given out. Well, the winners received a doughnut each. Everyone else just sat there looking at them.