-Pitiful amount of PTO and paid holidays for new hires, even for the defense industry. Meanwhile, senior employees go on week-long vacations on a whim.
-Pitiful raises.
-No bonuses or profit-sharing. -Timecard system often encourages micromanaging.
-Minimal training and mentorship.
-People are allergic to communication, both inside and outside engineering.
-Work itself is monotonous.
-Volatile contracts means you will be shifted around a lot, or even be "encouraged" to take PTO when contracts suddenly run dry.
-Next to no standard engineering practices or processes create a messy work environment, every team does everything differently. The fact that leadership gets shuffled around constantly due to the lack of staffing makes this even worse.
-Witnessed multiple instances of sexist and ableist attitudes from leadership.
-"Good ol' boys" club occupies most leadership positions, very little room for new talent and perspectives to rise up the ranks.
-Company won't invest in meaningfully improving anything since it cuts into their bottom line, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" mentality.
