Most of the problems are rooted in poor management practices at the top.
Little respect is given for individual schedules. Meetings -- especially those including the President -- usually go long causing staff to scramble to find meeting space at the last minute.
Only working 50 hours a week is frowned on. People are expected to devote their lives to the company.
The President is an extreme micro manager getting involved in the minutest of insignificant of details such as what chotchkies to hand out in the exhibit hall at conferences.
No idea is a good idea unless it's the President's idea. You often hear "if you want to do something different, you'll have to get [the President] to think it's his idea." People are paid incentives for ideas that, if implemented, result in new revenue. Sounds good, right? Unfortunately, how they implement it at Mapcom results in people keeping their ideas to themselves which discourages openness and collaboration.
People are often hired to do one thing, but asked to something completely different. Countless stories abound of people being moved into different positions shortly after being hired.
On the less significant side, office space is tight. Two people per cubicle is the norm here and "cubicle" is a bit of an overstatement.
