No work/life balance. Leaders and managers (including senior management), are unprepared and untrained. Lack of pragmatism, company wants to do it all at the same time and expect incredible results while splitting capacity between lots of strategic fronts that are all considered a priority at the same time. Incapacity of prioritizing and committing to trade offs. Confusing value proposition. No career planning. Company allows for abusive behaviours and changes rules in the middle of the "game", such as rules for semestral bonus pay and promotions. Politics is too important all the time, and many "seniors" or managers are underqualified for their roles, whereas "junior" people who answer to those managers are often overqualified (and underpaid) for their roles but often do less politics. The opinion that matters the most is often the highest paid person's opinion or the highest AuC customer when they complain, not actual data or user insights, and because of that, discussions tend to be very focused on the short term. General insecurities about pay because of variability and change of rules, as well as management biases. Priorities changed all the time. Management often forgot what was agreed upon or changed their minds, but couldn't guide or lead the team. Very stressful environment where everything might suddenly and unpredictably turn into a mistake and it will be your fault, not the manager's after not guiding the teams appropriately. Sexism is common, albeit often unintentional but uncomfortable anyway, as the company's core business still is investments.
