There are a lot to list. Here are a few of the biggest red flags as an Associate of the company: 1. Diversity within the organization is perceived as a spectrum of colors rather than the true definition of diversity in the workplace. I once overheard that the office was diverse enough because there was one (1) black male. This same black male was there for years and never received a raise or promotion, but definitely took on more responsibility as time went on. 2. None of the departments receive set budgets. Requests for raises are often shut down and the CEO believes in doing things as cheaply as possible. 3. Benchmarking and comp analysis is not performed. So, there is no data backing the salary offerings and increases. COLA is not practiced either. 4. Whenever a bad review would pop up on Glassdoor, the company would send out a mass email to employees requesting that they leave a positive review to bury the negative ones. 5. The CEO is commonly seen out in public with women who are not his wife. While this doesn't affect the company directly, ethics (or lack thereof) sure did play a big part in my decision to leave the company. 6. There is a severe lack of trust stemming from the top down. The CEO does not trust his department heads to make effective decisions or to properly lead their teams. He must provide final approval on everything. There was also little trust that employees would efficiently complete their work from home, so remote work was rarely an option if you lived near one of the offices. 7. The CEO holds dated views on company dress by gender. The men were fine to go to the office baring full tattoo sleeves. Women were expected to cover "large" tattoos. 8. Change management is not practiced, nor is change handled well across the company in any department.
