-Low pay
-Lack of transparency from upper management
-Constant layoffs
-Unreasonable expectations
When I first started working at Navigate360, I thought it was the best company I had ever worked for. My coworkers overall were nice, smart people (t was the hardest part about leaving).
However, the environment quickly became cutthroat and unstable--especially as the layoffs piled up and they expected us to do more with less. The sheer number of products/solutions (there are many) that staff are expected to stay on top of is truly mind boggling. As the company grew leaner and (literally) meaner, I felt constantly pressured to justify my worth, which was demoralizing.
The last straw for me leaving was when the CEO delivered a scolding speech--to an overworked audience traumatized by a recent wave of layoffs--at our company conference, followed by the CRO announcing that if people didn't like the direction the company was going, they should leave sooner rather than later. Fear-based leadership isn't for me, so I did what he said and got out.
Once I started job searching, I also discovered I was underpaid. The low end of the salary band for every job I interviewed for was more than I made at Navigate360. There was no room for growth and the annual increases were paltry (not even cost of living).