Nearly everything in the company is in a word: antiquated.
The pay scale is sub par, best described for folks working back in the '90s.
The coding itself was Classic ASP last I remembered, current talks with people still suggest nothing has changed.
Methodology isn't waterfall or agile or even existent. It it more like "do this thing in the next five minutes, because we should have made is 30 minutes ago."
All the while such childish antics spurred by the clientele was forgiven by the CEO, Paul Booth, because "they exist in a emotionally charged environment and we have to remember that".
Because of this, clients are the main priority and nothing else matters. Good managers leave for other prospects or have to pretty much work 24/7 in order to stay afloat with the company. Developers have been referred to as "resources" to their face and are treated as such. While Managers had a weekly meeting to ensure they stay on track, developers were never allowed such structure.
Coding standards simply do not exist. You are expected to police your own code. There is no oversight by senior developers, because they are overworked. Anyone with a modicum of talent is overextended to the point where they can't perform their originally intended responsibilities.
If you try to take a vacation, paid or otherwise, and you are the only person capable of what you do then that vacation is now a working vacation. Yes even on your time off there have been multiple instances where you have to put company first. Your family, life, and anything outside of that is seen as mere distraction.
Resentment towards higher management was so constant it was seen as the true corporate culture within some circles, all while the company tried to instill "fun" with a Culture Committee: A selected group of people trying to distract you from the fact this company is working antiquated technology with antiquated pay scale, and a antiquated way of thinking from the main boss because he doesn't understand new ways of developing.
