There are cliques and too much gossip in the corporate office. During my interview I was told it was a very "team-oriented" department and there was room for advancement, but those were lies. In the contract department we were treated like slaves. Management did absolutely nothing. They weren't even in the office most days and they would talk poorly about other members in the department to me, which I thought was unprofessional. I finished my work hours before the day was over and spent the rest of the time helping others who were behind, which I enjoyed. But I got "counseled" for talking too much to my coworkers. If you asked for time off you needed to provide a reason and management would decide if it was a good reason or not, which I'm pretty sure isn't legally allowed. I was the top person on my team month after month, but not once was I acknowledged. Instead, I was criticized. They hired myself and 3 others because the whole department before us had quick! No advancement, no "team" kind of attitude, and no respect. Training was a joke and if other employees did their jobs properly, the department wouldn't even need to be there anyway.