Overpromising, glass ceiling, work-life balance problems - Anonymous employee Known Employee Review

I was promised the opportunity to work with a lot of different things; never materialized. I feel like my skillset didn't grow at all during my time at Known, even though I was constantly looking for chances to learn. All upper management is male; women get stuck in middle management and then never get promoted. Work-life balance is non-existent; when I left "on time" it was really bad optics, and I'm sure was a factor in reviews, even though not explicitly stated. Upper management talked a huge game about growth, then had 4-5 rounds of layoffs, without any communication to the teams about what was going on. Perks were not given equally to all offices. My reason for being let go was officially "not enough work" but there were several projects in the pipeline, and several in process that were already understaffed. I feel sorry for my co-workers who had to take up the slack.