The executive team has lost touch with the realities of the daily struggle writers, designers, sales and management have in the marketplace. Decisions are made with little to no input from anyone other than executive team and the gapping holes in the changes are ignored, excused and brushed under the rug. The pay for what amount of work is not worth it - they preach a work life balance but that happens only in a few instances not as a regular occurrence. Instead of adding more papers or more positions, the CEO and executive team should focus on fixing is issues the current papers have first. Nearly every position will complain they aren't paid well which I kept fooling myself is because it's a small company but truly it's that the executive team as unrealistic expectations for being profitable. Continually adding new markets and even new metro areas sucks the company pool dry so that raises are dismal and pay is not where it should be.
They do not practice what they preach either. Each position has empty promises made, smoke blown up their behinds and there is a clear show of favoritism. Nothing puts that favoritism on show more than the staff meetings. There is a lot of asking how we feel but little to no change on what we ask. What the CEO and Exec wants will go, even if they are the only ones who think it's a good idea.
Lastly, the immense focus on being more diverse has led to poor decisions as well. The CEO was continually preaching about diversity while making diverse employees feel they were only hired because they fit the agenda.
