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Free breakfast and lunch, open PTO, casual dress.

This job started out really exciting, but now it's obvious there is nothing left for me here.

It's mostly busy work that is not challenging or inspiring, so you get burned out quickly. A lot of people have great ideas to increase efficiency, but they fall on deaf ears, so it seems like there is no end to the inefficiency. The rest of the week is just meetings that don't result in much of anything, and I honestly don't see the point. At best, your Team Lead will put you on a project that you spend months on that ends up going nowhere.

The pay is already on the low end for the Austin market, and you can only get a very small raise once a year. The only growth opportunity is to become a Team Lead, so if you don't want to manage people, this is basically a dead-end job.

Stop overpromising and underdelivering. Pay closer attention to how your actions are perceived and what is bothering your team. If you play favorites, people don't think their hard work is recognized in a fair way, and their work will suffer.

Take concerns seriously, defend your team, and be more transparent.