It's obvious that the "in crowd" are all the upper managers/directors/VPs. 4 days in office, it's plain to see that the CEO does not trust his employees to have real flexibility and to do their jobs from home. Even during Covid, everyone had to come in because the CEO cares more about having eyes on his employees than any consideration about people's health or families. Everyone is busy because it's a small team so people have to wear multiple hats, however you won't be compensated for your extra hard work. Be prepared to come in early and stay late if needed. Vacation policy is okay for manager level and above, standard/bad for everyone else. For a company where the work is not exciting, the pay average, and being a relatively no-name company, you would think they would have some additional benefits to keep people, but they don't. And they wonder why people leave the moment a better opportunity presents itself. People at the top will keep getting promotion after promotion, yet there is no growth for employees joining in entry or mid level roles. Definitely the type of place you work a year or 2 and then bounce.
