IT Shop Struggling - Project Manager Perspective
Pros
- Good company and brand recognition - Some great people work here - Health Care coverage appears above par for the cost
Cons
- Management takes years to address problem employees - Far too many service outages to the business - Too much work and no prioritization from leadership leads to work-life balance feeling impossible and sub-par results - Senior leaders don't set a vision or lead (other than saying "industry best"), as much as nod along and set unrealistic deadlines - Bi-weekly fire drills, yet the expectation is no project work can slip - Have yet to see a strategic project delivered within the 5 On's, due to lack of prioritization and bandwidth issues - PMO lacks specialization, and PMO leaders have a check-box mentality vs. a value add mentality - Staff culture is not one of innovation, but keeping things as they are; presenting challenges to move the organization into new technologies and align with leaders vision of industry best