- Consistent poor planning from Leadership Team and business
- Poor alignment and communication among departments and between stakeholders
- Extremely toxic environments where people are so stressed and confused in so much chaos at times that they recur to throw others under the bus and make no hesitation when it comes to complaining about every little thing while bringing down others along the way with them
- Very little to no recognition for all the efforts made including constantly approving exceptions that mean rushing for our teams and dropping everything, and for extremely demanding work done despite on time delivery and high quality work delivered consistently
- Lack of clear expectations from day one (and you would still be responsible and at fault for this)
- Lack of role clarity from day one and only gets worse (and you would still be responsible and at fault for this, and affected in your performance reviews despite not being your fault.)
- People will take things away from you that you own and then use it against you as not taking enough ownership or prioritizing properly - people will overstep your role and act as your manager when they are not.
- Hiring freeze now for 2+ years, teams constantly overwhelmed and stretched out. Compensation merit increases being severely affected by firm performance despite having double digit profit % increases over the year. Completely reckless and inconsiderate from management.
Be warned, this is a very intense job but for all the wrong reasons, and can be miserable at times with very long hours as you navigate all the noise and chaos coming from all directions. My recommendation if you still want to try out Bain as a company is to perhaps look at other areas outside of Technology Solutions Group (TSG) but in the end, the issue seems more widespread than our teams / department in some of the concerning areas as stakeholders are already in another department and they are actually the main perpetrators of our most miserable days at work.
