* Nepotism - I've seen people come in, do absolute terrible work, and be promoted within a year. As long as you can talk fast and BS the HR gatekeeper, you're in.
* HR interviewing - same person for every interview and also decides who gets the job and who doesn't. HR should for sure have an HR person for every interview, but not the same one. Also, feedback comes from HR for a rejected interview rather than the people who were interviewing them sometimes.
* Nepotism - Did I mention this already? A high level category manager also happened to be married to an executive. Weird.
* Nepotism - Am I being redundant?
* Happiness - This may seem like a strange one, but I find it discomforting when every single person you interact with on chat is super helpful and polite and has nothing bad to say about anything says nothing to you when you pass them in the hallways. It's bizarre. Hallway conversation isn't recorded, but chats are. Hmm...
* Nepotism - I understand the company started small with friends, but just look at some of the hires who are doing nothing with their work.
* Departure - Something must be wrong / broken when all the old guard have left leaving, basically, the CEO and a couple of his friends as the top dogs.
* Culture - Gimme a break, there's close to (or over) 500 people working there. Culture is only found within departments and definitely doesn't translate that well across them.