Avantages
- Initially quite welcoming (pre-onboarding) - Some capable Devs across all disciplines in the department, but poor senior management and interaction with the product function (disfunction) - Good tech stack (but wasteful utilisation)
Inconvénients
- Onboarding was amateurish. Don't expect anyone to be particularly welcoming. The few that were had a very negative perspective of the leadership of the IT Department (they'd witnessed numerous new starters leave the IT Dept because of the toxic leadership and management) - Extremely poor product function that created stress for the Devs because of poor agile practices (or a lack of them). Fast fashion was often utilised as an excuse for poor management and regular deviation from basic delivery fundamentals - Worst IT 'Leadership" that I've ever encountered. Zero authenticity, minimal desire to take ownership of any shortcomings or change the status quo (it's everyone else's fault) - One manager talks at you (whilst rarely delivering anything of value), and the other doesn't speak up when they should (putting the teams under pressure unnecessarily all the time). Both moan about the situation constantly, but won't do anything about it - HR department is completely disconnected from the goings-on in the IT Department - IT Leadership set poor examples constantly, with their favourites subsequently acting in the same manner - Buzz words are routinely used, but rarely applied (Agile, psychological safety, inclusivity, diversity, etc.). It's a very superficial, shallow department - Common phrases: that's not my job; that's their fault; that's your fault; people can't cope with fast fashion; we're agile, but, - it all wears thin pretty quickly - Superficial celebrations for rudimentary events - Definite blame culture when ill thought out targets fall flat (blame each other and/or other departments, the board, etc.)