Many cons which is why I chose to leave:
1) Not competitive pay, and lack of promotions, no bonuses. When I first started, we had many more team members and then it dwindled down quickly from them leaving. I was now doing a ton of backlog work left from former team members, ramping up myself, and continuously being told we were a high-revenue team. However I saw no pay adjustment or promotion for 3 years. My evaluation submitted from manager was extremely disappointing, it was 3 bullet points done the day-of and with no talk on a promotion, even though I wrote and gave examples of how I was out-performing my current title. Only when I gave in my resignation letter, did they try to keep me and ask if it was the money, and management didn't bother meeting with me for several days to discuss.
2) Hours and work load: I routinely told management that we had a huge work load, and was getting burn out and nothing ever came of it. I had to work long hours during the holidays, while half of my team was out in vacation, and I was left with very little support and an unreasonable deadline of Dec 31. Management would tell me that the deadline was crucial with millions of dollars on the line, and then only have 2 burnt-out workers working on it the week of Christmas. Once the deadline was reached, you receive very little reward or acknowledgement, and then prompted to do it all over again.
3) Company Culture: The merger had a huge impact on company culture. At first I spoke very highly of it with Lucid's work culture, and then mid-2022 it felt like a big shift. It seemed like there were a lot more barriers between leadership and employees, skirting around the budget issues, and when the new CEO got appointed in 2023 it came as a shock. The many changes of the CEOs got me very worried, and also prompted me to look for a more stable job. There would be worries and talks of layoffs, and leadership wouldn't offer any insight for the business's best interest, leaving employees very confused and lacking trust
