- hire-to-fire strategy: work is structured in a way that burns out people, and that is a *deliberate* strategy by management, although you'll be gaslighted into thinking it's just growth pains/temporary bad luck
- "Unlimited time-off" is not true, there will ALWAYS be new deadlines and not enough people: good luck getting 2 weeks per year at best
- Sales work: you will be a sales person, not a data analyst: prepare to bend over backwards to satisfy the client representatives, don't expect to do rewarding analytical work
- "Look effective vs Be effective" - you will be explicitly told to focus on shallow perception by the clients ("look effective") instead of facts and truth-seeking (you'll get good at "reframing" your data)
- Your time will not be respected: prepare to be on-call 24/7 at any time of day and night (especially night, most clients are in US), and spend ~3 hours per day in mostly useless meeting where you'll be micromanaged. And they will be split into random 30 minute intervals because your non-technical managers won't respect the notion of focus or deep work.
- No work-life balance: expect to work 12-hour days and some weekends
- Toxic positivity: you'll be gaslighted into thinking that everything is great, and you are the problem. Management does not acknowledge that the points above are serious issues that need to be addressed