Billing and production teams experiences high pressure at end of month to meet unrealistic target goals, credit and accounting teams experience high pressure at beginning of month to collect and close books, some departments are heavily micro managed, middle management lacks ability to communicate effectively with each other, upper management leaves much to be desired, HR is a joke of a department that bows to CEO and upper management team, nepotism and favoritism run rampant, relationships with affiliates and independent contractors are often strained due to deceptive and cut-throat practices