Very smart people blocked by terrible management
Pros
Meaningful work (especially on government clients) and very smart people in the technical teams.
Cons
The company is going through two big challenges: growing pains due to the Empired Australia merger and moving from a traditional project delivery life cycle to a strategic partner/service delivery life cycle. The senior managers have mostly been promoted as a reward for longevity and have little to no understanding of the fundamental changes in the business landscape. Despite some "innovation" awards from big brother Microsoft, there is absolutely zero disciplined innovation or strategic planning. Senior managers engage in turf warfare to slice client opportunities into business units. Managers focus on squeezing production staff to deliver poorly discovered & poorly planned products to badly estimated timelines, all in the name of utilisation as the holy grail of commercial KPIs (thereby confusing speed for velocity). Staff are despondent and demotivated, with the well-intentioned but skindeep attempts at culture building failing due to the fundamental workplace issues not being addressed.
