Costco

For reference, this is in the member service branch of the company, not corporate IT.

• Very nice gym on campus available to employees
• Great work-life balance
• Not a lot of red tape
• Fantastic health insurance
• Free Costco membership

• Garbage yearly raise - max raise of 2.99%
• Absolutely no flexibility in remote work - we are required to be in office without explanation
• Management is stretched far too thin
• People are often promoted due to seniority rather than skill, leading to enormous growing pains for new managers and those working under them
• Not nearly enough oversight on processes or requirements from business - eg: they ask, we do, no questions asked
• Often working to lead multiple projects at once
• No project management
• No business analysis for projects
• No sort of analysis before projects are moved forward to development
• Team is far too small
• Pay is not competitive with the market
• Unrealistic timelines
• Not a lot of opportunity for growth

If you say a project is integral to the success of the business, treat that project like it's important. Nothing is more frustrating than being alone on a "very important" project that isn't getting assigned any sort of help or assistance. Be realistic about your expectations.

Pay your employees more.