Toxic leadership that micromanages, overworks, underpays, and creates a hostile environment with strong implications for one's mental and physical well-being (I have witnessed regular, emotional breakdowns); Expectations and deliverables are not clearly articulated as leadership is disengaged and unable to lead;
HR protects leadership at all costs (akin to a tenured professorship);
No overtime pay for D-Levels and above, even though D-Levels do not make decisions directly related to their staffing;
regularly told that I am underperforming while working back-to-back 50+ hour weeks;
expected to be "on call" every weekend without pay;
small number of people on each team who "carry" low-achieving colleagues and leaders alike;
challenging to create a career as leadership is very top-light and infrequently transitions/retires (1300 person firm; 21 partners, only 3 of which are women);
inflexible, archaic management and policies;
benefits are below the industry standard and very expensive;
Noted lack of professional respect for minorities, women, and LGBTQ employees;
no or little professional mentorship and coaching;
Pettiness between teams and leadership, resulting in lack of communication between stakeholders that falls upon juniors to resolve as PM's are uninvolved;
Across the board, everyone is stretched too thinly to do their job properly and within a proper standard-of-care; reputation and history of the firm is leveraged to push employees to their limits.