- Used to have amazing and safe company culture, but hope slowly left the chat. It became more and more difficult to justifiably say no to things in order to keep workload manageable, as everything was !!!important!!!urgent!!!asap!!!eod!!! Everything was a priority, which means there was no real or clear priority.
- Like in any company, your hard work is rewarded with even more work, even when coworkers get laid off and the workload remains the same (remember, everything is a priority and important and urgent.)
- You’re supposed to aim for a 5/5 performance, knowing that 5 is impossible to get, which is absolutely ridiculous and nonsensical but somewhat an accepted standard.
- Goals were changing regularly due to frequent reorgs, which made building things for the future a path unnecessarily filled with obstacles.
- Poor communication around recent layoffs, which obviously had greatly impacted teams’ morale. A little bit more honesty and a little less of toxic positivity would have done wonders.
- Promotion requirements were vague, making them easily arguable when came the time of performance reviews as the requirements were not quantifiable.
- Employees are expected to be involved in bettering company results and culture, but don’t always get credit or monetary reward for doing extra curricular activities, even when they are vocal about it. Think DEI initiatives, for instance.
- Chased the next big thing, focused on acquisitions/mergers and was distracted by shiny products, while tech debt continued to build up and legacy programs and processes were not consolidated. Inevitability, this grew the gap of competing interests between teams, which made cross-functional collaboration challenging, if not maddening at times.
- The company’s mission is all about building a more sustainable future, but profits are the main focus of the company obviously and, like the rest of the world, the company uses AI, which is not compatible with sustainability.
There is no such thing as responsible or green capitalism and once you’ve accepted it, you are finally able to emotionally detach yourself and your value from your inputs and outputs at work. This leads you to realize that work is just work and you either thrive in this environment or leave the company. Choose your own adventure.
