Everyone who has been there for a while (over 6 months makes you fall into that category) has been made promises that it is and will be a better way. There is a COE board and it’s a wonderful concept that it completely and totally ineffective.
There are times we all drink the Kool Aid and believe that it could really happen., this revelation we are on the cusp of.. Then reality flashes and we realize that we are stuck and trapped in a micromanaging situation that is as bad or worse than the prior places we came from.
Expectations do always evolve, but there is zero balance. Zero give to the take. I mean, your clients pay money for you to do things their way, so how can you truly be different if you’re catering to the same methods?
Be prepared for:
- Do more work
- You more than exceeded your goal? You did more work than anyone else on your team? Still not good enough!
- PUSH PUSH PUSH
- Overtime OVERtime OVERTIME
Those are just a few of the broken records playing all the time. Don’t come here if you want any real quality time at home.
There are great managers and there are no so great managers. Just like everywhere else. The great ones inevitably seem get eaten up, beaten down or ashamed of what they have to do and end up making the choice to jump ship or tow the corporate line.
Then again the company is in this awkward teenager phase between all of the cocaine themed out frat parties and a huge shift to corporate clean up. (Yes, they enforced the zero tolerance you read about in other reviews) It’s rocky. People are unhappy and afraid, not everyone knew some of the horrible things that went on, luckily. The investment into your career is major. Working for a swank down town “start up” (guys cmon we are so not a startup anymore) or working from home is a huge draw and what keeps people hoping that this better way will still come. Who knows maybe it will. The new regime is a complete 180.
For me, some days I’m just tired of being lied to, given false promises and lead on. Other days I would shout from the rooftops my love of all things Snapsheet. If I’m being honest, I appreciate the ones who try but the bad apples have caused a lot of rot.
