It has changed a lot after the pandemic with the new CR principals.
Higher management without any management experience, only people with high status and connections taking credit for work they haven´t done.
You won´t grow if you're talented, only if you know the right people.
Salaries are one of the worst in the sector, it's a fireable offense to disclose your salary or your bonus, as they are completely subjective, and salary raises are almost impossible to get, not even to compensate for inflation.
No learning and development from the company, you have to do it in your personal time.
No work-life balance, expect to work a minimum of 48 weekly hours under constant stress from design directors and managers.
No research and development.
Costa Rica business model is the one of a sweat shop, you´ll eat at your desk, work late and weekends on deliveries.
Toxic managers are the rule and won´t go away anytime soon as they are friends of higher management (Including widely known cases of sexual harassment without any consequences ).
Almost everybody I worked with directly was in therapy due to mental issues caused by management and workload.
