Pros
WFH flexibility, competitive leave benefits, and a good office environment. Team members are generally capable and collaborative.
Cons
Career progression is unclear and limited beyond the initial period. Leadership quality and support are inconsistent, with favouritism influencing opportunities, recognition, and advancement. Guidance and expectations are not applied uniformly across team members, and leadership selectively chooses whose feedback to acknowledge or act on, which undermines trust. Management practices make it difficult to raise concerns constructively. While employees are encouraged to have “uncomfortable conversations,” feedback is often met with defensiveness, with little leadership support to enable productive outcomes. Team culture has declined over time, with cliques forming and unprofessional behaviour not consistently addressed. There is also inconsistent accountability. Team members are able to selectively choose who they collaborate with, and contributions are not always recognised fairly—ideas are sometimes reused without appropriate credit, with limited leadership intervention despite awareness. Continuity is also lacking when team leads change, resulting in lost context around individual development and progression. Rather than investing in growth within the team, leadership has explicitly suggested moving to other teams when advancement is not available.
