Two main things standout: abrasive, misleading leadership and employee turnover.
Senior leaders request transparency from team members, but don't follow through on their side as well. People walk on eggshells because senior leaders lash out unexpectedly and share their opinions of team members with that person's peers. There is a culture of fear because when team's present ideas or plans to senior leadership, they hear "Do you really think this is good?" or "It's not... horrible." Then, when you ask what they are looking for instead, "I don't know, but it's not that." The environment is one of "Do as I say, not as I do" and it starts from the top down. Senior leaders fail to recognize their own faults and continue to blame their problems on others. Meanwhile, clients are leaving and employees are unhappy.
The employee turnover is intense. Anyone that has been in a good environment before and is competitive in the market won't stay long. It's just not worth the time and energy. There are other agencies that offer similar experience and less of the drama. Because of so many people leaving, employees are left to pick up the pieces and are pushed into projects that they don't understand or don't have the skills for. Very little skills training since there is too much work.