The holy trinity (people, process, technology) are all broken in this environment.
People: There are people in leadership roles that they should not be in and they are taking advantage of the "power" of those roles by acting inappropriately most all of the time (e.g. swearing to one another, I have heard it; disregarding any meetings with your direct reports, I was ignored). There is little/no clear communication. Most communication is that game you played in kindgergarten called "telephone" where a varied answer is received from the last kid. Most disturbing, beyond all of that, is the complete lack of humble leadership. It's one thing to not "have all the answers" (nobody should), but nobody can admit that they don't and seek advice from others in the company or external third parties. Every great leader is a humble leader.
Process: So much time is wasted on process here that it's beyond laughable. It was like 80% of the time was about trying to orchestrate the work, while 20% was doing the work. Wrong! This is quite frustrating.
Technology: The solutions created here are done and redone and done and redone, and are also not excellent. You will feel like you're in that Bill Murray movie, "Groundhog's Day." These solutions will be obsolete quickly as other innovations in the industry come along, and they will. It's not fun working in an environment with solutions are ill-conceived, also given the complete lack of executive alignment. What does this company want to be? What is it marching towards in 6 months? 1 year? Who really knows?
Other asides: There have been no reviews (read: or raises) for a long time (read: years). The vacation used to be unlimited, but now is capped and limited. If you are a talented, smart, hard-working person, the grass is greener elsewhere, by a football field! Please seek greener pastures. There is nothing here...flip Atmosphere by Joy Division, and just walk away in silence. Have a wonderful life, yes, being employed somewhere else!
