Terrible Management, Unbalanced Workload, Clueless Senior Leadership
Pros
Only pro is that there are a couple of people who actually know how to do their job - but I can count them on my fingers
Cons
- Senior leadership has little to no grasp on how anything works (apart from sales). Sales is the only department that anyone seems to care about, while other departments are left with poor compensation, little support, and quite frankly not an ounce of respect. - Leadership undertook a "restructure" in which all managers with retained knowledge were let go, leaving an entire department in the dark for 2+ months. When the new structure was finally announced, we were squished into another department that had no clue how the department ran, how to staff projects, what anyone's role entailed, or how to manage such a large portfolio of work. It makes no sense how this was not considered before? No handovers, no playbook, no roadmap to a smooth transition. This is what happens when you ask a management consulting firm to "restructure" based on falsified timesheet data. - The company relies so heavily on timesheet data which is so clearly fake (time-stealing runs rife at lower levels) - not sure how leadership never noticed this? Then to make business decisions purely based on this is the least sensical thing I have ever seen. - Favouritism is a MASSIVE problem - cosy up to your manager = promotion, lower workload, higher support. If you aren't a favourite, get piled with work, receive no support, and definitely no promotions (despite your work being praised externally). - Meltwater always seems to hire inept people who exude confidence - confidence gets you places that quality can't. As long as you are loud about how hard you work, MW will believe you, despite whatever the truth may be. - Compensation for a project manager is WAY below the average - by around 25%. You also have seniors who have been at MW for a long period of time, earning less than new, shiny juniors. The levels structure is insanely inaccurate and not followed. You have some seniors with easy portfolios (because they are bad at their job), while some juniors carry high ARR accounts without a worry. - MW thinks that culture is birthday cake and office snacks. When in reality, culture is respect, fair compensation, and capable management, which MW fails to comprehend.
