* Data Science is focused more on name and degree recognition and appearing elite from the outside.
* Most Managers have limited technical experience and cannot do the actual work of their ICs.
* Stack-ranking leads to a very toxic work environment where people are looking to bring down others to boost their own team.
* Any type of promotion past the Senior to Staff level is extremely difficult. Room for growth is limited due to lack of quality Principal, Senior Staff, or technical Managers.
* Generally bad morale and company culture since the first major round of layoffs. RTO keeps creeping towards more and more days making the idea of hybrid work limited.
* Work/life balance is atrocious and only getting worse. Everyone lies about how much they work so they sound like they are more efficient than they really are.