- No career advancement; little to no encouragement from people managers to develop skills or seek additional education - Corporate politics take center stage; lots of gossip and talking down about other employees constantly - No diversity at director level or above; even mid level and below has very little - Budget cuts every year regardless of financial performance - Bonus structure around corporate goals that have nothing to do with individual contributors - Extremely small teams, with the most junior in title doing all the work while seniors sit in meetings and talk all day and produce nothing - Yearly layoffs and restructurings - Leadership rarely acknowledges headwinds in business; only focused on presenting things positively - Burnout culture is celebrated and rewarded by leadership - Claim to value diversity but do nothing about it even when easy solutions are presented - Leadership plays favorites with employees and does not care to impact culture on their respective teams - Poor office location - Poorly performing employees held onto because of their "loyalty to the brand" - Departing employees ignored by leadership - Team members do not respect the professional opinions/backgrounds of their peers