Power politics, Command & Control Culture - Avis employé Consultant Triverus Consulting

There is too much oversight & bureaucracy across the company. There is a lack of empowerment at the team level with lots of guardrails & expectations which aren’t clear. Placement of shadow PMO type “coaches” inside the teams direct process & practices and prevent agile behaviors & practices from coming to life or any type of team driven changes that aren’t sanctioned by the powers that be. Hierarchical/Top down, old school, permission-based culture where only a select group make decisions & speak in general…if you express any ideas that are different without having the “tenure” or “title”, take any initiative without asking for “permission” you will end up being spoken to & put down & treated like a child. They seem to only want people who will mold to their way of thinking. Independent activities or thoughts are discouraged and/or dismissed. Most communication is one way designed to get you to “comply” and they aren’t interested in what you think or how it could be better. Their managerial feedback model lacks transparency and doesn’t encourage face-to-face communication like grown ups communicate. It also doesn’t encourage teamwork or building trust among colleagues. For a company that was voted best places to work in the Boston area – it is seriously lacking or demonstrating the qualities that would warrant it. It will be a HUGE culture shock & disappointment for anyone coming from an employee friendly, people focused culture.