- Low trust: turnover is high and much of that can be attributed to people given little-to-no time and space to have any real positive impact. - All failure is attributed to others, not to top leadership: there's always an excuse as to why things aren't going well, but its never a reflection of poor decisions. - Hustle culture to the extreme: unreasonable targets and seemingly little respect for employees ability to weigh in on the feasibility of what is being asked of them. - People are treated as disposable: you might be let go with little to no warning and leadership is not willing to make any investment into coaching and guiding people. It's not uncommon to hear things like "we're not a charity" and "we're not paying people to learn". - Internal actions and behaviours don’t align with publicly published values: the only value seems to be hustle. If you are led to believe that you're joining a people-focused organization, you might want to speak with some current or past employees and double check that.