Pros
- The colleagues who are still here are wonderful people. - We still have the 9-Day Fortnight (9DF) for this year. However, given the current direction of leadership, I strongly suspect this benefit will be removed soon, just like the others. - Historically, this company had a "family feel" where we genuinely cared about one another.
Cons
Since the arrival of the new CEO, the culture has shifted drastically. What used to be a supportive environment has become a place I hardly recognise. - The empathy and flexibility we used to have are gone. Benefits are evaporating, and the focus has shifted entirely to metrics over people. - We've lost all flexibility with a mandatory return to office. Because salaries are significantly below market, many of us can’t afford to live near the CBD. This commute is a massive hit to work-life balance and a literal pay cut; travel costs alone eat over 4% of my annual salary during a cost-of-living crisis. - Promotion and hiring choices make no sense. Positions are frequently given to "friends" of senior management rather than the most competent candidates. Often, the company just picks the cheapest internal option to save money—another example of damaging short-term thinking. - The workload has increased, and we are expected to "highly perform" and do more with less. Despite this, there are no salary increases and no bonuses. - Instead of motivating us, management has resorted to tracking employees. It feels like surveillance rather than leadership. The result of all this is that talented, good people are resigning one by one.