The most dysfunctional IT department I've ever seen - Anonymous employee SanMar Employee Review

2.0
Mar 11, 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

good cafe - good food at a good price newer building plenty of parking more good people than bad to work with most people are customer focused cornered market and SanMar is at the top (for now) loyal customer base

Cons

lowest pay in the area micromanagement culture little to no career opportunities or incentives for technology people cube farm work environment silo-ed organization that's expect to share resources not enough resources to accomplish what is expected technology infrastructure is about 3 decades behind the times and failing everyday lack of vision from leadership is profoundly crippling progress - working in IT is like sailing a boat without a rudder and any attempts to install one will result in consequences high turn over in IT very few paid holidays lack of transparency around company success and decision making

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