Everyone is out for themselves, and some senior leaders are downright nasty.
There is a toxic atmosphere of fear and competition. Senior leaders play favourites, gossip, and pit people against each other all the time. Teams are constantly overwhelmed because VPs commit to unrealistic timelines and never say ‘no’ to clients. Everyone works nights and weekends, and managers have no concept of work life balance.
Prepare to be chained to your laptop and have your team’s status monitored constantly. I’ve seen people get in trouble for taking lunch breaks and for logging off ‘early’ at 7:00pm.
People are frequently singled out, blamed, and scapegoated for things they have no control over. The company ignores complaints about managers who berate their employees and say things that are way out of line, all because they bring in lots of money from clients.