Medical benefits are expensive
Pension is gone
Company makes business decisions based on what shareholders want or based on what the top awards require. It's insane to see policies enacted that are almost identical to what wins at Best Places to Work
The push to increase diversity is always attraction and hiring (which is one piece of that puzzle). Very little push to retain, develop or promote any diverse hire. They just want to achieve the number so they can pat themselves on the back for being a diverse company.
Very understaffed and lean
The cycle of hire massive amounts then, 2 years later, lay off massive amounts really affects morale
Job security causes tremendous anxiety
Disabled employees have a tough, tough time. They like to say they are inclusive but they aren't really inclusive. Work hard, don't complain, keep your head down and you'll survive.
Favoritism is rampant. It's like cliques in high school. If you are one of the favorites, you will go far. Brown nosing is rewarded. That is how they have so many bad managers. They promote their friends or the diverse candidate, regardless of their skill set and then don't support them or give them training to be a leader. Yes, there's tons of online, required, training, but it doesn't teach you anything about real leadership.
Revolving door on leaders (see above comment). More than 20 leaders in my 10+ years at Dow.
Little money invested to make things better in HR and what they do invest in is to fix what has been wrong for years and not to make improvements for things that we need in future. Upgrade finally happens and we start off behind
