Some of the managers are wildly unprofessional and even borderline sociopathic. I witnessed one middle manager giving cheery, positive feedback to the production team, only to sit down with project and resource management later and insist those same employees should be fired.
To prevent workers from jumping ship, managers actively spread false information about the health of their programs and about future opportunities for job promotion. Then, when programs tank, there are sudden layoffs. This company has a habit of laying off people who are close to retirement, then immediately backfilling their jobs with cheaper labor.
Only 2 days of paid sick leave per year. No rollover.
Extreme levels of micromanagement. Certain teams have had to start a timer when they go on break, so that every minute is accounted for.
The customers are very difficult. We'd like the freedom to develop creative, innovative content, but between the customers' overbearing demands and our own internal dysfunction, we're often left polishing turds instead.
Lots of in-fighting/politicking among the bosses, some of whom actively try to sabotage each other. They force production workers to cut corners in the name of increasing productivity, and then blame those workers when customers complain about poor quality. In short, there's no accountability at the top and no recourse for the rest of us.
