middle management is destroying the company - Project Manager DSS, Inc. Employee Review

2.0
Aug 19, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Talented group of developers, QA, implementation, product management, project management, technical services staff and managers, and SCRUM Masters.

Cons

The managers above the teams are, in my opinion, destroying the company. They are hiding the truth of what is happening from the executives that founded the company. These managers spend a good deal of effort ensuring that nobody speaks directly to the executives and they try to find out about anybody that does so. Speaking up is done at your own peril because these managers will exact their revenge. The teams are trying to be productive despite this horrible environment and it becomes more painful by the day. I am writing this review because I have another offer, but I wouldn't do so otherwise since I am sure they would stop at nothing to find out who wrote this. These managers have somehow duped the executives into thinking they are capable, but the fact of the matter is they are just paper pushers playing telephone with communications (and often getting the facts wrong either incompetently or purposely) that used to go directly from the teams up.

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2.0
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Pros

- Competitive pay - Caring CEO (to an extent) - Fully remote for some roles

Cons

- Lack of communication between teams - Lack of structure and planning - A LOT of older people who are stuck in their ways - HR is a joke and lack empathy - MAJOR lack of diversity (saw a number of PoC subjected to a lot of microagressions and bullying tactics) - Gotta be a brown noser to succeed - Some employees have too much pull when it comes to team dynamics - Underhanded tactics and unethical policies to meet quotas and make the numbers pretty - HDHP is the only option for employee insurance which is surprising since majority of the executives and team leads are rapidly aging. The OOP is astronomical if you go to the doctor regularly - Benefits are meh at best; be prepared to spend A LOT of money OOP - They say you can add family members to the plan at a set cost but they make you go through hell and back to add them. HR can be very facetious when trying to access certain benefits they don’t want to pay for even though they offer it due to cost concerns

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