- Your path is very much determined by your manager(s) perception.
- Permanent seating in NY Office for Senior Associates and below is nonexistent - not a big deal for a few months, but begins to affect focus, ability to organize, and morale after a while.
- Not necessarily easy to switch to different work-streams
- Management often unable to understand the benefits individual members of a team bring to the team's overall performance, many instances of micromanagement.
- Overall focus on efficiency can narrow vision. There is usually more than one way to solve a problem, complete a task, present a deliverable; but mgmt often gets stuck in "my way is the only way".
- Competency can be expected in areas that were not originally communicated for one to be expected to be fluent in.