- Basic time management of projects is continually an issue
- Time to complete certain tasks within a project are grossly under estimated
- Projects are continually interrupted with a "Drop everything you're doing, do this now" attitude.
- Management continues to pick up projects, and expects that the extra load can be handled by the current team.
- Due to the large number of projects happening simultaneously, focus of team members is often fractured. Train of thought can be lost, design decisions can be forgotten. Mistakes are more likely to happen.
- Unreasonable due dates, without consulting their teams, continually force the design team to work frantically each week.
- There is never a week where there isn't overtime. The team is ALWAYS behind and swamped with work.
- The attitude "I don't care how you do it, just get it done." has happened more than once by leadership.
- Lack of communication throughout the company is extremely problematic. Team members are left out of conversations, decisions are made without their input, leading to issues in design.
Beyond the time management issues, there are basics that need to be addressed at this company:
- no hot water in the bathrooms
- no dedicated breakroom with kitchenette
- no sink to wash your dishes in
- no accountability to keep the refrigerator clean
- no HR department
- no welcoming committee to help new employees integrate
- no tutorials or media to help with learning your new position
- no dedicated time set aside for training new employees
- no opportunities to learn what another department does
- no written or verbal warnings before being fired
- Safety practices are mentioned, but not enforced
- Company lacks a feeling of community, no one has your back
- Every member of the team, from design to production feels unheard, frustrated, and overwhelmed
- Town hall meetings should be run by an unbiased HR associate without managers present. Company issues discussed, notated and conveyed to the upper management while keeping those who said the issue anonymous.
- Pay is lower than others in the same industry, and any pay increase/bonus is not predictable
