Pros
- Talented and nice employees - Made some friends here - A learning experience
Cons
- Lack of consideration for work/ life balance - Culture of workaholism driven from the top down - Stressful and demanding at times with a lack of consideration on how business and project decisions effect staff wellbeing - Intense place to work, not particularly fun Senior management style: ego-driven, controlling, hyper-competitive, arrogant - Staff lack ownership of their own work, senior management tend to micro manage and take credit for others work - Staff and company resources are used to promote and forward the career of management - staff get little opportunity for growth and self-development - No HR structure in place, not really operating like a proper company despite its size - Hierarchical and autocratic culture - Poor listening skills from senior mangement - Project processes lack clarity and integrity - Project ambitions bite off way more than they can chew, over-delivery and operating in areas that are not key competencies is not uncommon - Benefits package not competitive with the market