Really, really poor leadership. Incredibly aggressive deadlines that aren't reasonable. Lack of clarity when it comes to technical debt. Un-payable technical debt accrues to the point where you actually do need tons of engineers to work on the projects just to make minute changes. That's a very backwards and outdated engineering approach. Doesn't come close to an ideal experience for both engineers and customers. Even though unlimited PTO exists, lots of people are working more than 8 hrs a day, and find it difficult to actually allow themselves to take days off. The public voices speak, "Support, help, and don't work overtime", but the deadlines and goals that are set speak, "work overtime, we aren't supporting you, we want to squeeze everything out of you." Repeatedly I requested adjusted communications to customers and leaders with regards to aggression on completing work. While I was able to get less pressure for myself, that really couldn't be exercised because the same treatment wasn't being applied to the rest of the team. There wasn't consistency in how leader/follower relationships were managed, and if someone allowed them to be pushed because they trusted their leaders, the leaders took full advantage of that. If you were vulnerable to working long hours without additional reward, you were taken advantage of and not rewarded properly.
