-Departments tend to still work in silos
-The company's HR department is extremely "overactive," inserting itself in multiple facets of the business, causing bottlenecks, and often believing its way is the only way, and won't concede to those who are SMEs.
-Turnover seems high
-The company is still trying to figure out communication throughout the company; often things happen/change, and unless it is really positive, nothing is said (or so large that they are forced to say something)
-One of the good benefits is stock, but based on turnover, a great many employees never see those stocks fully vest and lose them.
-Cross-department collaboration can be difficult
-Company thrives on meetings, it is not uncommon for upper management to be double-booked.
-A lot of employees book their calendars out from 8-5 weeks at a time, leaving people little to no ability to schedule meetings when, in reality, they are just trying to pick and choose what they want to handle, while at the same time these employees are telling you to schedule a meeting with them knowing full well they don't have any openinngs for the next 2 weeks or so.