Welcome to the Era of Standards™ (Results May Include Trauma) - Product Owner Improwised Technologies Employee Review

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The company started as a truly great place to work. The culture was positive, collaborative, and built by a young and energetic team accross HR, technical, and non - technical departments. People were motivated, supportive and proud to be part of the organization. Unfortunately, thing changed significantly after a new senior hire joined - someone who repeatedly positioned himself as a "Genius". In reality, the approach felt less like strategic leadership and more like LABOR CONTRACTOR mentality focused on control rather than empowerment. Heavy, bureaucretic processes were introduced that might make sense in a 500+ employee corporation, but are completely unnecessary and damaging in a 50-person company. Instead of improving efficiency, these processes slowed everything down, created frustration, and ruined trust. There has been a consistent attempt to portray employees as unproductive or disengaged, which is both demoralizing and unfair. To go for drinking tea seems to be like a crime sometime. What is most disappointing is management's apparent blindness to the ongoing cultural decline. A strong culture once existed here, but it is gradually being dismantled. Morale is dropping day by day, and good people choosing to leave rather than continue in an environment driven by mistrust and excessive control. I hope and wish as well that leadership recognizes the damage before talented employees walk away - but for many, it may already be too late.

Improwised is a good company for training and for starting an early career. I learned many valuable things during my time here, and the company works with good and modern technologies. Earlier, the culture was open, with a genuine open-door policy that made it easy to approach seniors for guidance and technical help.

In recent times, there have been many changes, and the work culture is no longer the same. The open-door policy has slowly turned into a “please book a slot” policy, even for basic technical help. There are also cases where instructions are given by one single person who don’t fully understand how things actually work, yet those instructions must be followed without discussion. If not, individual contribution and worth are conveniently overlooked. (If you are not in his team, your job is at stake) Work-life balance depends heavily on your role. Time is very flexible for upper management, but for developers and teams, time is strictly constant. A 20-minute tea break can feel like an offense, but attending client meetings during lunch, from home, or even at 1 AM at night is considered part of our “responsibility.” Apparently, clocks work differently depending on your designation.