Politics over Talent and Hard work - Architect Populous Employee Review

2.0
Jul 27, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

- Interesting projects at big scale. - Most of them Stage 0-2, meaning that creativity sometimes is a big part.

Cons

- Politics over Talent: They rather prefer you to be an obeying sheep than an initiative and passion driven. - Politics over Hard work: They would rather prefer you to overcome and embrace "fast-bullshitting-work" over meticulous and curated work. - Extremely long unpaid hours. Your contract is signed with 35hr/week and you will an average of 45hr and on submission weeks you could potentially reach 80hrs. - Extra hours are not accumulative on holidays or days off. So now divide that average of 50hrs/w with the contract salary. You will figure out that you are earning less than working in McDonalds. Extra cons: - Rumors over the Truth: If one popular person, regardless they position, says that you are Winnei the Pooh, 90% of the office will think like that without looking for the truth. - Toxic ambitions: Most people will behave like they know what they are doing and wont accept altruistic help. In fact, they will acknowledge everyone that you are a "bossy person".

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