Just Being Honest It Should be a Better Company #toxic
Pros
I love the front line employees. Many great people that really want to be successful
Cons
When joining Calero-MDSL I honestly thought this might be the place I retire. I hoped for a situation where I could be the best version of myself. But this was not the case and over time things greatly became visibly clear I could not grow my career in this company. As of late the culture has become toxic to the point where it is affecting my work, trust and belief in the company. In my opinion leadership is responsible for this feeling in the company as there is no acknowledgment or accountability to the lack of operational improvements. This has led to broad employee dissatisfaction and attrition. This has caused more work to be given to fewer tenured folks like me. And for insult we reflect to the world all of these internal promotions like there real opportunity for the general employee. Its all window dressing as when you get behind the curtain what I thought was a software company is powered by the backs of people like me. Nobody has time when you need help. The best of us are too busy to break away from their mountains of workload. And when the leaders give you time , it’s just enough for them to talk down to you and make you feel stupid. There is this basic assumption that because you’ve been here over a year that you should just “get it”. Personally, since day one I’ve been given the hardest pieces of work in the most archaic system, with very few people around me that understand and can do the work. Now others have been being brought into the company in the same position get to do their work in the new systems with updated training and technology. This gives them a glide path to higher productivity and materially shames the rest of us forced to work the old way. It does not make sense that my work never was look at for what it was.. Heavy, complex, and burdensome. It would have been great for my bosses to acknowledge that and at least value my work like they do that that get high numbers using the new systems. Employee appreciation is lacking greatly. The best we get is a quarterly awards winner randomly selected from each organization. Rarely does the day-to-day acknowledgement happen when someone goes the extra mile. They fail to find moments to speak life into you or motivate you to kick it into another gear. They only have time to tell you your short comings and use statistics (as stated above) that make no sense to justify keeping you in your role. There is no form of advancement unless you personally make friends with the “good old boys”. Instead of creating a plan that you can following to help you progress through your career they will tell you you’re not good enough that then pile more on you. Which makes no sense if I was underperforming right? Bottom line is stay away from this place if you are looking for a place to grow. Stay away from this place if your looking for leadership that cares. The Exec team is either out of touch or cannot do anything to make it better. At the result is the back breaking grind of an appreciated work and a low dollar paycheck. I write this not to be a troll or negative but to light fire at this company to make the necessary changes to take care of their employees. If not more will follow me right out the door.
