A few things come to mind: Outdated thinking and outdated practices. Zero gratitude/rewards for meeting or exceeding defined expectations. Low pay. Embarrassingly poor communication in all levels of the company - whether in a team, departments that regularly work together, or between stores and corporate. Regularly and unapologetically ignored when seeking help from key members of exec team. Cloudy, unclear, and contradicting direction/information given from multiple people, sometimes multiple times a day. Insanely high turnover rate in key departments means little to no training - all "sink or swim" and "trial by dumpster fire." Job roles could be - and were - "redefined" at the whim of senior leads... a product of "at-will" employment. Unapologetic favoritism. No accountability. No culture-- all pizza parties and $5 gift cards. Anti-union. No DEI. Sexism. Weak benefit package. No hybrid work, despite 90% of the corporate staff being glued to their computers for 45 hours a week. (Yes, 45, not 40.) Work was piled on while deadlines and workload were ignored by staff of all levels. If you said no or pushed back, you were not being a team player. No regard for professional etiquette or boundaries of others.
