Poorly Managed Units, No Accountability
Pros
- Flex-time, Some work from home - Lots of talented and friendly people - Some Mid- and High-level management are excellent - Training opportunities is extensive
Cons
- Politics, red tape, and backstabbing from all fronts are normal occurrences ("watch your back always!") - More time is spent on trying to plug holes in processes and systems that are clearly outdated, deficient, and some even ridiculous than actually doing productive work. Clear example: PICF Process ("the new employee's here but there's nothing set up for him - no office, accounts, etc. where's that PICF again?!" - Ingenuity and contemporary thinking are discouraged ("don't rock the boat!") - The culture punishes the exemplary workers by giving them more work until they're fed up, whilst letting others slack off ("you're great at x, i bet you could also do y...z....and a bit of abc") - It's a matrix organization with broken ties across the board. "Silo" effect is predominant. ("That's the other department's responsibility, not ours") - Management of resources is completely out of whack. Savings earned from cutting staff, reducing overtime, etc. are wasted on unnecessary initiatives, continual switching of service providers, audits that never stop and never amount to any changes.
