One of the biggest cons is that after you leave here, it will be impossible to describe the full extent of the chaos to people who didn’t also witness it firsthand.
As mentioned in the Pros section, you’ll have a lot of material to reference when you’re trying to provide examples of general dysfunction and turmoil like:
- Your colleagues getting canned without any warnings or performance improvement plans in place prior to being fired
- Your whereabouts being closely monitored by the CEO and leadership who prowl the office under the guise of “getting coffee” every 20 minutes just so they can eavesdrop and look at your computer
- Startingly high rates of turnover yet no internal review of why/how these positions continue to be set up for failure
- Ever-changing business priorities so it’s impossible to actually meet any of the goals you originally set for yourself
- The general disregard for correct spelling and grammar, even in formal business correspondence
- A refusal to hold leaders accountable for their persistent bad behavior, making it a welcome environment where discomfort and uneasiness can thrive at everyone else’s expense
- Rigid “unspoken” rules that prohibit any semblance of flexible working accommodations so as not to violate the CEO’s personal pet peeves (everyone has to show up before 8am on the dot, don’t you dare leave before 5pm, don’t eat lunch at your desk, don’t leave your coat on your chair, no working from home even as a pandemic persists!)
- A general state of questioning your self-repsect, intellect, and sanity, trying to figure out where your life went so horribly wrong
All of this and yet the ability to truly convey just how badly your tenure crushed your soul will evade you. It really is one of those “You had to be there” type of experiences.
