1. Organization run very thin, meaning roles require going above and beyond standard job responsibilities as part of BAU
2. Lack of investment - company does not invest in technology or people, making it very hard to mature from a process or career standpoint
3. Lack of strategy - Management (usually the C suite) sends company wide emails mandating something, with no strategy behind it
4. Impossible to grow in career - internal mobility is virtually non existent, which requires employees to get promoted in their existing roles, which is difficult
5. AI Adoption Strategy - CEO mandates use of AI but usage/tracking only based on ChatGPT.
6. Compensation - negotiate a higher salary if coming in because annual raise & bonus pools always run dry, no matter how well the company does
7. No cross functional communication on projects (ie product lunches new innovative product without including sales, etc