Pros
My team was small but we cared deeply for the work we did everyday and how we interacted cross functionally with other departments. We were/are still not treated with the level of respect and the craft we do everyday.
Cons
Toxic management complains about not being involved but never shows up to meetings they’re invited too. Arbitrary timelines and roadmaps manifested from higher ups based on no real research or planning. Gaslights us on idiotic requests from other departments that they themselves don’t know how to solve them but still piles work on top of our already burnt out team—disappointed but not surprised; management understands nothing (including being a manager, that’s apparently our job too) and it’s just a circus. The company is also not sustainable and is running on bandage fixes for integrations, eliminating brands and downgrading benefits. On top of all that, they just love keeping us where we are at so we don’t grow and look for other prospects, we’re basically teaching ourselves at this point and there’s no leadership/mentors.