Overall company culture not conducive to career growth
Pros
I work in Consulting, and am still somewhat early in my career (in my 20s). - My manager is great and very supportive of my career goals, as is their manager - I have capable, professional teammates - We have easy access to online training courses - Decent benefits with some choice (they offer multiple health insurance plans, for instance)
Cons
- While my manager and their manager are both great, their efforts to support me in my development goals have been hindered by lack of support from upper management - The bottom line often supersedes any concern for people - In 3.5 years, I have had only one (tiny) raise and no promotions - not because my managers have not wanted to give them to me, but because there are none to give. Yet they are hiring new people into the company at a lower level and higher per annum pay than I make - Reorgs are constant and communication is often poor; I have had multiple managers to whom I've only reported for a month or two, and who I never met - They have recently instituted a winter break which requires employees to use PTO (or to take unpaid time off) between Christmas and New Year's if they are not essential and/or billable - At my level, I am still hourly, not salaried, but the OT policies are draconian, especially considering that if you are 100% billable, then all travel time is OT, and not all of us are lucky enough to have local projects
