- I've worked at a lot of large companies, but the culture within the technology group here is unlike anything I've ever seen. Toxic, treating employees like they're nothing...it's just awful. Leadership is tone deaf to the feedback and sentiment of the broader working population. More broadly speaking, Digital / tech are viewed as second class citizens within the broader company. People are outright rude and mean.
- Employees are reluctant to share ideas because there is the constant stealing and rebranding of work. Motivation is of course low when employees see this - why work hard when you're going to receive 0 credit for the effort put forward?
- Not a single person within the org cares about career development. There is no career progression or pathway outlined whatsoever. Progress only happens when people change roles, with most of them looking to leave Digital.
- Technology is seen as a cost and a burden, rather than an innovation tool.
- Leadership is super tactical and constantly managing to budgets and headcount. The constant reorgs result in a lot of lay offs and shuffling.
- There's a huge disconnect between ELT messaging and the SVP/VP level management. Executive leadership touts change and flexibility, while SVPs/VPs are old-school and rigid in terms of their approach
- Innovation is tough of course because of the industry regulations. Legal and compliance are a part of the problem, but the org fails to look elsewhere at the outdated, antiquated, and time-consuming processes that have been put in place yrs ago and no one has thought to change.
