Promising culture, held back by bureaucracy and tooling
Pros
* Acquisition was handled smoothly. Strong culture fit and a genuinely welcoming integration process * Great colleagues with a real sense of camaraderie * Comfortable, well-equipped office with enough space and dedicated call rooms * Excellent remote/hybrid flexibility. Fully your choice, no pressure either way * IT support response time is impressive: tickets resolved within days * Compensation is fair and in line with market expectations
Cons
* IT tooling is the biggest pain point, modern tools are off the table, replaced by internally built alternatives that often fall short * Security systems create constant friction in daily work, even during routine tasks, a real productivity killer * Project management workflows are unnecessarily complex and bureaucratic * Internal landscape is too fragmented: figuring out where to ask for help is a challenge in itself * Career development lacks clarity at the department level — the company vision is clear, but how teams contribute to it and what growth looks like in practice is left undefined * Direct manager struggles to set clear priorities, which adds cognitive load and makes focus harder * Work-life balance depends heavily on staffing, my department is currently understaffed, pushing workload well above a sustainable level * Onboarding is minimal, though to be fair, that wasn't a strength of the acquired company either
