
Two months after I was hired, my director quit, I got promoted into a manager position, and was essentially left unmanaged for nearly 6 years. Despite a lack of support from management, and losing head count, my team has far more reach and impact than it did when I assumed my position.
the people I work with.
We always have each other's backs, and genuinely just enjoy being around each other as people.
We're always there to help each other, and we have a lot of trust in each other. Opinions are valued.
More generous bonus targets as well as having stock options given as bonus. It's not uncommon at other companies to give quarterly stock grants.
The people I work with, and the flexibility offered regarding working from home, or being able to adjusting schedules to afford for things like picking kids up from school.
When we say 'leadership team', I'm not sure which level of management we're talking about. I'd say there are some real superstars in some SVP roles, and others seem entrenched in a way of working that is not maximizing the talents of their employees.
Leadership doesn't seem to know what my team's contribution to the company is, and therefore we don't get much support or opportunity for career growth. My team and the teams we work with understand we are chronically under resourced, but upper management doesn't respond.
There seems to be a lack of strong product vision at the SVP level. A lot of the requests we get from the business seem idiosyncratic and not clearly aligned to larger corporate initiatives. There also seems to be a lack of strategy in integrating our sister companies into our customer experience.
I'd like to see more celebrations of milestones. For example, at other companies when an employee has a big anniversary like 5 or 10 years, they get some kind of recognition. More regular stock option grants also seem to be more standard at other tech companies, and it feels ad hoc at Fanatics.