Currently writing this as I sit here working on Christmas morning while my co-workers are enjoying time with their families. Did I mention I'm supposed to be on PTO? Work from home means work all the time. Coworkers expect you to be at their beckon call 24 x 7 x 365. Forget eating dinner with the family. Sleep with your phone more than your spouse. Don't mentioned work/life balance to your boss. He'll just tell you he has less of it than you do. (And that is probably true) If you like working with people who will ignore processes and are too lazy to learn how to do things for themselves, this is the place for you. If you enjoy being told your 14+ hour days are not going to cut it, this job is for you. If you enjoy having directors and VP's that go home after they hand you 3-4 hours of work they need by tomorrow morning to send to the Senior VP (with their own names on it of course), this is the job for you. Analysis paralysis? Yes we have it. Currently 7 meetings a week to discuss how to be more productive. That is amazing. Perhaps 14 would double productivity? Oh and we have a team of highly educated folks that are supposed to work out how to make things better. They just have meetings but never have to spend time listening to all the customer complaints about the processes that team puts in place. What a great job. Wish I had that one. This is hands down the most horrible place to work. Here of some signs. Upper management does not understand basic job functions and processes that have been in place for 10+ years. When the underlings try to explain those processes, they are belittled for being so stupid as to believe that those processes are correct. Cultural surveys are sent to all employees that are anonymous but then at the deadline a list of names that have not taken the survey is circulated so managers can make sure those folks take them. It makes it hard for folks to tell the truth. An of course they only talk about the positive comments that were made by new employees who have not been brow beat for years. This company continues to create ridiculous positions that do nothing but create more work for others. Any little issue that is lifted up must be communicated to multiple groups in the organization just in case they want to know and oh by the way most of them enjoy every evening and weekend off. Why? Because I'm always working!! Don't get me started on the customers. Why even have processes? No one follows processes and because of this every customer just whines and complains and does everything but call the right person. We made this even worse recently by creating a phone system where no one has call back numbers. The only number customers have it my cell phone which rings at all hours of the night and day . Then internally everyone complains that my team and others like it are not responsive. How can we be if we are called hours, days, or weeks later?
