-culture of fear, performative accountability, and over surveillance
-cut throat, fear driven environment with middle management throwing subordinates under the bus to protect themselves
-coaching is minimal or non existent, mistakes are weaponized rather than seen as opportunities to improve
-leadership prioritizes escalation and optics over genuine support and context
-constant shifting of expectations with no clarity or stability
-little transparency around performance management processes, people are blindsided with disciplinary action
-high turnover, low morale, and HR that serves leadership, not employees
-unrealistic workloads, did 12 hour days regularly and still wasn’t enough to finish all assigned work, which middle management scrutinized