Pros
Incredible opportunity to work with great people in different sectors, very collaborative at PM and level and below. HR was good, now ineffective..
Cons
Navel gazing at its best (how many ways can you count financials and remind staff/managers its bad) Vision is so generic no one can connect with it, and they wonder why, oh ya managers are suppose to interpret, while getting whipped for UT/DLM, hiring and making its fun! How many meetings do you need to discuss utilization and billability and then mention how we need to hire???, but don't talk to staff about billability weekly just remind staff where they are on yearly goals... weekly. Gaslighting and hunger games by senior management, Senior management going on fishing expeditions to test loyalty of line managers and staff creating internal divisions. New Operations leadership plays tough guy old school autocratic leadership style like its 1990. Perform or else… Don't the scared people will perform enough to keep themselves busy and never grow... why take the chance... Revolving door of senior management. Claim they want to be undisputed people leaders, No time for training, No time for BD, Staff afraid to work on proposals because if billability falls by % then your dashboard turns RED... Tell staff Red isn't bad just needs attention, whip!. 2024 edict we need to hire hire hire… Line management says we don’t have the work… Senior management says we have huge backlog just hire; we love people... billability falls, a few months later we need to right size- Layoff people... Now…no plan. Hurry up and get work. New ERP- Push everything to PM’s.. no need for managers- 8,10,15 staff to a manager. Meanwhile- to get an invoice out PM needs talk or get approved from 3 people (one in a different continent) before an invoice goes out. Gets pings by his/her manager, finance manager, regional manager- all while expecting manage projects, win work and manage staff, oh ya drive cultural...Data still wrong, weekly calls by 3 levels of management until its fixed… 20% attrition for 2 years... Celebrate 10+% in year 3 (hint all the good people left) the other that stayed are either afraid or want to work with thier friends, Lay offs break it all... Moral sucks, ERP sucks, Senior management is lost in financials, Senior Management to staff - we love our people... WHIP. Oh ya, Hoteling sucks, no one likes it. No one goes to hotel to connect with friends, its to sleep/work. Leadership wonders why people don't come in... aren't connected to the company and teams, its just work.