* company doesn't just fall short of its stated values, it doesn't bother reaching for them
* extremely poor project management. unwilling or unable to lead inexperienced clients, electing instead to give them the reigns as long as the checks keep coming in, at the expense of putting long term project success and client happiness in jeopardy
* poor management in general: mismatching people for roles, misevaluation of new hires, and constant restructuring
* job insecurity. my 4-6 person team had a half-dozen replacements in about a year
* upper management seems to just reactively scramble about as opposed to lead with a steady hand
* upper management bizarrely does a lot of hand-waiving when it comes to addressing employee concerns. it acts befuddled by individuals' concerns and characterizes them as unfounded or a misunderstanding... even if it caused someone to leave the company. this did not happen with any of my concerns, but to many during quarterly meetings
* minor thing, but company meetings, voluntary training, things of this nature are considered off the clock. mark against work/life balance