Pros
Great location - downtown. Access to mass transit.
Cons
• Entire I.T. Architecture and direction run by a group of 3 people that lack sufficient architectural skills. • Senior engineers are not empowered to leverage their skills and add positive changes to infrastructure. Initiative and creative thought is discouraged and often ignored. • No open door policy; management operates in a bubble and does not allow collaborative communication. • Management does not permit subordinates going to senior management. • No continuity at senior I.T. positions. • Turnover rate is horrendous. I.T. department has turnover rate of 6months. • Senior management hires people from previous failed companies. • No bonus program or performance-based incentives. • Employee review system is ambiguous and lacks a goals-driven component. Management assigns raises based on ‘subjective’ criteria. • No training or expectation of training or career development. • Much of datacenter runs on legacy hardware with aging applications. Company culture is anti-progress and fearful of future technology. • No vacations allowed during late fall and early winter. I.T. elements made to sit in war room and “wait” for outages during holiday periods. • Major outages happen on a weekly basis. • Compensation is inconsistent and unethical; 2 people working in same position have drastically different pay.
