Avantages
None - managers are only keen to throw you down
Inconvénients
The culture in the West Coast BU (SF/Emeryville, Novato, Salt Lake City, Denver) offices is toxic. The air practice has a problem. Let’s start with the managers and leaders. Too many of them are unreasonable when it comes their subordinates - they put unnecessary pressure on consultant staff to meet certain goals, without providing any support whatsoever. Some principals/managers are good, but some are pretty annoying to deal with. There’s a strong sense of superiority with them, they discourage questions, expect consultant staff to quite literally read their minds, and look down upon people they perceive to be “lesser”. They often micromanage. There’s so much of an emphasis on bottom line profitability that it eats into employee well-being. Managers have a habit of routinely throwing the consultant staff under the bus during client calls. They play petty politics and often pass crude judgments (both work-related and personal), making them supremely difficult to work with. Next, the peers. I’ve never come across a more difficult group of people to work with. Consultants often drop the ball on tasks assigned to them and yet are smart enough to pin the blame on you when the project goes awry. Not many are helpful, several are rude when you ask for help and often try to undercut you during team calls. However, leadership appears to favor these types of personalities, as they are the ones who get the most opportunities. There is a strong culture of narrow-mindedness. Managers have a tendency to keep work within a known professional circle, and are biased, judgmental, and selfish. Cliques abound and managers have no accountability. Resources are not utilized well and project management is non-existent. However, the blame culture is strong. There is no meritocracy here. The culture is pretentious. Staff is only interested in showing off their “superior technical skills” to one another, without any sense of collaboration or teaming.