Mediocre pay and subpar benefits.
Lots of "cool kids" mentality and grown people with high school mentality trying to fit in. However, the biggest issue I encountered was on my team. I never presented it as a problem because it became clear quite early that I wouldn't be staying in that toxic setting. Most days, my colleagues in my department would walk in without as much as a hello unless I spoke first. They'd go the entire day without saying a word. One person in particular made me think they had a personality disorder as there were other times they were super chatty like I was their best friend. That is...until the other colleague showed up. Then the two of them would huddle up and gripe the rest of the day about any and everyone/thing. Often others from within the organization would call or come by their work area to discuss issues. And they'd be nice during the interaction. As soon as the individuals walked away/hung up, the complaining began. Such harsh and negative comments were made about others. One of them (a team leader in a way) also talked about their personal life drama ALL the time seemingly looking for everyone to say, "You poor thing." And they did. There seemed to be an addiction to complaining. The heads of the department, though super good people, were oblivious to all of this. Since most were independent in their job duties and got work done, supervisors kept their heads in their work and rarely observed these employees. If I had planned on staying, I would have eventually addressed it. But it really was no good to do battle with the likes of these mean people. They were clearly terribly insecure, and when I didn't join in with all the negativity, they saw me as their enemy. Toxicity at its finest!
