The people team - worst management ever! - People Team AO Employee Review

Where do I start? No one on the team is happy. Everyone at some point has looked for another job. All the "fun" that is plastered all over social media is done for the benefit of external people or other departments. No one on the team is having fun when they're being forced to work events or after work hours with no pay. Salary is nowhere near competitive with the rest of the market. They will continue to add to your responsibilities but when it comes to your pay review, they'll always say no. They brag about internal promotional but that's only so they can pay you less than what they'd pay someone external. And it takes years of working hard to only hear a petty reason in the end why you're not promotion material. Again, this isn't just me but the opinion of the majority on the team. If you're not a parent, not many of the company benefits apply to you. You can't turn to HR about any of the management problems because their head of department is your head too and their loyalty lies with her. There's so much politics on the team. If you arrive to work at 8:50 you're seen to have no drive. Or if you leave on time, managers question why you're leaving on time. Even if you have kids to go home to. If you don't work events, you're seen as a bad egg. If you're seen to be having too much fun while chatting to your mates, it's immediately pointed out or even bought to your attention in a meeting as unprofessional behaviour. When senior management will often have a laugh with other managers, they'll always be shopping online, they'll work from home whenever they want and leave the office whenever they wish.