- Pay is below market value in almost all positions.
- There is no career pathing if you want to be more than an individual contributor.
- There are no meaningful raises.
- Teams are denied back-fills or told they could only hire from low-cost regions (Mexico or India).
- Jobs are eliminated or "best-shored" at an increasing pace.
- C-Levels are unaware or do not care about the fallout from their decisions around priorities or staffing.
- People are laid off, or reprioritized, and then your group gets the luxury of meeting with C-Levels every week to explain why your numbers are down.
- ELT demands high output while also denying us the necessary tools, resources, and headcount to meet these demands.
- Critical tools and resources are eliminated in the guise of consolidation and increasing efficiency but are all about cost-saving measures. Leadership is too cowardly to come right out and say that.
- Constant change in leadership at every level means we are always pivoting messages and tactics.
- Everyone is rushing around to show leadership that they are doing something, but a lot of that work isn't impactful or revenue-driving.
- High performers are lucky to be rewarded with more work and responsibilities and nothing else to compensate them or help them get this new workload done.
- No consistency of leadership. In my time here I've had 11 manager changes - after two per year. There have also been seven or more sales leaders, six CMOs, and four CEOs - all with their own agendas and goals which means we are constantly activating on new messaging and priorities.