Pros
- Talented coworkers who genuinely care about doing great work
- Opportunities to learn from peers
- Some flexibility depending on your team
Cons
- New leadership is heavily money-first, not people-first. Decisions prioritize revenue over supporting the team that actually executes the work.
- Leadership stress becomes everyone’s stress. Pressure is pushed down instead of managed, creating a tense, high-anxiety environment.
- They are actively letting go of long-tenured team members and not replacing them. Years of knowledge and experience are being lost, and their workload is redistributed to remaining staff without proper compensation, support, or compassion.
- New ideas are dismissed or ignored. Leadership fails to trust the team’s expertise, leading to stale thinking and missed opportunities.
- Sharing feedback is taken personally. Input is viewed as a threat rather than a chance to improve or innovate.
- Wins aren’t celebrated, and mistakes aren’t treated as learning opportunities. The culture focuses on what went wrong rather than on creating an environment that encourages growth.