Pros
• Most of the team was friendly • Nice view over the Greenbelt • Coffee and sometimes snacks • The team is small enough and usually gather to celebrate birthdays and holidays
Cons
• Project management's workflow to the team was unorganized. This resulted in blaming team members instead of reflecting on the lack of process and planning created from the top. • Team members were treated poorly by upper project management. These bright and talented creatives with 10-30 years of experience were treated with little to no respect and many times talked down to in front of the team. • Each employee carried large workloads and several projects at a time with unrealistic deadlines. This is a production agency, and fast pace should be expected. These projects, however, came out of thin air and to the surprise of even the project management team somehow. • There was a disconnect, lack of trust and communication between project management and sales. That could have changed since they hired a new sales team. • Production took the blame for missing the deadlines when it was not prioritized into the workflow. • It was no longer creative. Making a creative worker create something that was due yesterday stifled creativity and also the team's passion and drive behind their work. This damaged the culture and will hurt the team’s skills. • Difficult to be setup for success. It seemed everyone was setup for failure.