1. When problems arise, forget teamwork - it’s a blame game where leadership’s first instinct is to ask who messed up, not how to fix it.
2. Salary seems based on volume, not value - if you talk enough in meetings, you might just get a raise.
3. Senior leadership operates on fear and suspicion - employees are treated more like liabilities than teammates.
4. Office hygiene raises questions. If you’re lucky, you’ll spot a rat, if you’re unlucky, it’ll be under your desk.
5. The atmosphere is tense throughout the day, but especially in the last five minutes of lunch - it genuinely feels like returning to a cell.