After Timberline merged with Sage things slowly started going downhill. Culture will change during mergers and to be fair the changes were slow, but it seemed they were all in the wrong direction. The management layer was adjusted nearly yearly and with each reimagining came less and less connection and understanding of what developers on the floor needed. The company slowly became corporate in feel and it didn't feel like anyone stayed for anything but a pay check. Leadership from management was generally ineffective and started to lack simple integrity. I was routinely called out for trivial mistakes and I wasn't the only one. By the time I'd left I was working 60+ hour weeks, raises and bonuses were small or non-existent, and moral pretty low. Indeed, in subsequent years I've learned many of the smartest folks I'd worked alongside left as well. Ten, fifteen years ago it was an amazing shop. Now?
