Pros
As long as you can do bare-minimum and know/manage how you are perceived as being "useful/valuable", you are survive
Cons
Zero career development. Management dumps work sideways without defining what success looks like. Senior leaders treat mid-level managers as janitors for their failures—clean up our mess, then take the blame. Promotions go to whoever plays politics best, not who delivers. Seen VPs promoted for doing the bare minimum while actual performers get stuck. Growth path? Impress someone 3-4 levels above you. That's it. Skill development doesn't matter. Results don't matter. Just visibility to the right executive. Global team? You're on your own. No consideration for timezone differences. No support. Just figure it out. **Compensation is a joke.** No market adjustments. No retention strategy. They'll engineer reasons to push you out rather than pay competitively. Pile on more work, add constraints, ignore real problems with vague hand-waving—then wonder why people leave. This place doesn't grow employees. It grinds them down.
