Good & Bad - Anonymous employee CSG Employee Review

For most employees there is the ever lingering lay off possibility. Executive management seems very short term focused, the "street" and making numbers is more important than employees. At lower levels employees are treated as commodities. There have been mass layoffs every 12-18 months for the past 8+ years. Q4 is a popular layoff timeframe as it allows them to "make" their numbers for the earnings call. Many managers seem to enjoy pointing out that you can be replaced. In executive management, there is the good ole boy network. If you are in it, you are golden, even if you are a terrible manager of people, if not, you are pushed out. Many excellent leaders have been pushed out, or left due to the political environment. Seems like certain management are sticking around for the money, and are willing to sacrifice people at any expense. There is the sense that you need to run 100mph, or you won't be looked at favorably. Managers need to be more realistic in what is put on people's plates. And stop the "fire of the day" priorities.