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Cool Ip, Toxic Leadership

Senior Database Administrator
Former Employee
Worked at Disney for 6 years
December 28, 2023
Glendale, California
2.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

Some cool IP to work on. Benefits are pretty solid.

Cons

Completely incompetent management, a lack of direction or intellection from senior leadership, and a continuous bleeding of the best talent. This created situations where the worst, most moronic managers gained staff.

I knew it was time to go when we spent more than 20% of our time in "all hands" or "stand-up" meetings, and then were still asked every single day "to send a list of everything we were working on" just so upper management could be appeased. Everyone looked busy, but nothing was ever accomplished.

Absolutely no room for growth. Any amount of pushback on frivolous meetings or assignments would get you labeled a troublemaker, and eventually you would be PIPed or just straight up laid off.

Bonus points for the Senior Director who loved to routinely invoke and quote Qanon during staff meetings and group Slack chats. What. A. Joke.

Advice to Management

Who cares. Whatever.

Additional Ratings

Work/Life Balance
3.0
Culture and Values
1.0
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
2.0
Career Opportunities
1.0
Compensation and Benefits
2.0
Senior Management
1.0

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