Small business that tries to sell itself as a premier consulting firm. Long list of issues that stem from extremely poor leadership, management and direction from a young/inexperienced CEO who constantly micromanages staff whilst struggling to make decisions.
Some of the main issues:
- High workload/pressure with little support offered from management
- Toxic culture caused by management bad mouthing staff members to other staff members (often due to them being new and not yet understanding)
- Limited career progression
- Work/life balance is terrible with staff expected to answer to every clients whim outside of hours (admittedly, this seems to be the legal industry in general)
- Empowered to work autonomously but then work is heavily scrutinised daily, often being asked to justify the decisions you've made
- Lack of clear reporting pathways means that your having 'development' and 'training' conversations with different people daily. Outcomes of said meetings are never followed through on.
- Management extremely indecisive meaning goalposts are forever changing. Mixed messages are also constantly sent to staff.
- Blatant favouritism of certain staff members based on factors other than merit.
