Envato reviews about "work life balance"

Tough time for the industry means lots of cuts

A lack of overarching company strategy & direction was present whilst i was there. Ultimately leading to a lack of team direction and empowerment. This resulted in a large restructure of the organisation too. People tend to be rewarded through the network of connections they have, rather than the merit of their work or impact.

Any I can think of

With new CEO, things are getting worse and worse No clear strategy, company on cruise control towards irrelevancy "touch decisions" of redundancy a symptom of lack of direction

- Career paths are still in progress - Technical debt

Limitations on was in scope due to legacy code base Costly to deliver minute changes Pivoting the objectives during the quarter when work had already begun Sometimes difficult to get changes across the line due to teams owning pieces of the code that can hinder your ability to deliver what you set out to do

- Bullying - lack of direction from management - too much emphasis on marketing - no accountability - teams work against each other, not together - no career progression - pays less than average or what you are worth - all talk on important issues, but no real action - CEO and board of directors are great but are no longer actively involved in the company. it has been left to other far less capable people, with different goals

Your salary will be well below average for the job you do. Middle management (for the most part) are blind to their mistakes and will try to find others to throw the blame on rather than own up to it. There is a very strong culture of a "cool kids club" so if you're not willing to kiss the ground those in a leadership position walk on, then you'll have an impossible time being acknowledged, let alone heard by if you have an idea on a particular project.

a lot of technical debt career paths constantly change lack of leadership