High stress work environment due to long work hours and project deadlines
Company hired less qualified people who were dedicated to the company and made the impossible happen, which were later replaced with more qualified people after first year of productive service. Several people lost their jobs that were good at what they did, but they found a more qualified person and the less qualified was let go with a rehirable status.
Division between Sr. Executives and Middle Management. This causes the Managers to work their employees hard to impress their superiors, but this is also the case most anywhere.