- 120% effort for 80% of industry standard pay.
- Ineffective managers.
- Questionable business strategy.
- Project managers don’t manage projects.
- Management plays favorites.
- Talent is leaving in droves across all departments and tiers, faster than they can be replaced.
- Executive team is woefully out of touch and/or don’t care about their employees.
Regarding inadequate compensation: “If they want more money then they can leave.”
During an icebreaker: “One interesting thing about me is that I am very wealthy.”
“I have a great new house in Del Mar.”
- Benefits are being whittled away.
- Insurance premiums have increased drastically. They used to be fully paid.
- Company 401k contributions are no longer fully vested from day 1. It’s now over 4 years.
- Company weeklong holiday shutdown has been taken away.
- Break room food has been reduced to almost nothing.
The perks that used to make the lower salary bearable are gone.