- Understaffed. They rather have you work long hours than hire more workers. Everyone feels burned out and you're expected to carry duties not part of your department. Shifting people around doesn't help productivity. Now you're starving the department that you took that person away from. If you're dependable, expect to take on more tasks. Everything is pinned on you and if you can't the job done, you'll be hearing from management. The people who isn't doing much? Management walks right by them.
- Pay is subpar. The annual cost of living adjustment is a joke. Excuses excuses. They'll cite covid whenever they can. Other companies, large and small, pay a decent percentage. They have no problem raising the price of their services though. Terrible incentives. They want you to work your butt off to make the monthly numbers so the company can make millions and upper management gets their nice bonuses. The people below get peanuts. When you ask for a raise because you're absorbing work from someone who no longer works there, management will tell you they can't pay you more because your position is maxed out. But please, continue carrying the extra load.
- Career path? Don't expect one. Their idea of a career path is to hop from one position to another. Every well-respected company offers some sort of seniority. There is no such thing here unless you're old and ready to retire. A cutter whose been there for 10 years will make the same as someone who just got onboard, okay maybe a buck more an hour. You're better off finding a minimum wage job because the state of California will bump your pay quicker than Element will.
- Terrible IT infrastructure. Persistent problems for years. Entire share drive capacity is less than your typical desktop hard drive. When it gets full, it comes to a grinding halt. They tout "world's best test lab" all the time but they won't spend the money to fix issues. They rather spend money on putting up new posters that no one looks at.
