Some developers have grown complacent and do not want to improve, making working with them frustrating.
Managers are overloaded. Too many meetings and too many reports to effectively manage them all. Some developers have 1-on-1s with their manager much less often than others.
Senior to intermediate to junior developer ratio feels skewed. Difficult to find mentorship. Not enough oversight on implementation and code reviews for teams composed of juniors and newer intermediates.
Three years of focus on new features coupled with the above have led to insane amounts of tech debt. No communicated plan to pay off this tech debt.
Executives do a poor job living the company's espoused values. E.g. despite Transparency being a 'core value' a big change like the QA department being abolished was never communicated beforehand, leading to a great deal of stress and uncertainty and some high-performing QA analysts leaving the company.
Being acquired by Morgan Stanley, a company deeply involved in the subprime mortgage crisis, does not feel good. I liked working for a Canadian company and feeling proud of my employer.
Vision benefit is getting better in 2020, but paramedical practitioner benefit is becoming much, much worse if you visit two or more types (e.g. massage, physiotherapy)
Quality of your experience varies greatly depending on your manager and product owner. Good ones are able to help manage client expectations and your workload, while inexperienced ones lead to you feeling overworked and underwater.
