Most of the people were wonderful to work with but there were some difficult co-workers and supervisors who created a very toxic work environment. Gossip, back stabbing, lies and passive aggressive behavior to just name a few issues. Some of this behavior came from the supervisors too. Some of the Mid-level Managers tried to address these issues but the offenders often complained to HR when they were confronted for their behavior. HR tended to side with the aggressors.
Work load was not evenly or fairly distributed. Many of the more competent employees were stuck with the burden of doing much of their co-workers work, causing a lot of stress and burn out. When supervisors received complaints about workload, they usually disregarded or ignored it until the person had a full meltdown or simply left.
AP was also treated as an inferior dept within the company. For example, the budget for team & morale building events were severely reduced to the point that the Managers had to fund some events using their own money. Budgets for other depts did not seem to be effected. Hard not to feel disgruntle when other depts are going out to expensive dinners and golfing while AP is gets a potluck that they paid for out of their own pocket. Also, most of the other depts were allowed to wear casual dress, including jeans, while AP had to dress business style. I believe this has since changed, but it still caused a very low morale when it was happening.
