Intersect reviews about "team"

There’s a huge disconnect between how the company claims to support employees and how it actually operates. Management expects you to operate like a robot and never make mistakes. The high-pressure environment leaves even top performers fearful for their jobs, fueling a culture of distrust toward leadership. HR is mess. They’re ineffective and poorly led, constantly failing to uphold the company values touted by the founding team. Some employees enjoy truly unlimited PTO, while others are overworked and penalized for requesting even a few days off. As an example, the company promotes biannual office closures as a universal benefit, but in reality, only a small subset of non-essential teams are able to participate in those breaks.

There can be long hours, and sometimes more work than can reasonably be accomplished by the team at hand. Career progression is uncertain, but the pace of growth makes up for it.

- Work is fast paced and new hires could experience a steep learning curve to get in sync with other teams, but there is a robust ecosystem to navigate these challenges - Small headcount as compared to other competitors limits the benefits, but it is improving YoY as the company is growing.

Absolutely brutal overtime - all finance team members (and most other employees) were expected to work at least 10 hour days during the week, plus pretty full days on weekends. The long days were justified by the fact that the company's work was important for the planet, and that we were one big happy family. I received little to no training, and was constantly running into issues with not knowing how to do my job (or not even being aware of items that were expected of me). Most close coworkers were also hired very recently.

A bit of ambiguity in expectations and responsibilities.

My experience at Intersect Power started off great, the first month was welcoming, supportive, and genuinely positive. Unfortunately, things changed quickly once the team became comfortable. The culture shifted into one of constant urgency, unclear boundaries, and an overwhelming and stressful workload. One of the biggest issues is the complete lack of respect for personal time. Managers frequently send questions late at night even around 11 p.m. and expect responses first thing the next morning. This has become a normal pattern, not an exception, which makes the job feel like you’re always “on call.” Even though the company advertises unlimited PTO, the reality is very different. You may technically take time off, but your manager will still reach out with questions and expect progress on tasks. It never truly feels like you’re off the clock. On top of this, the workday is filled with back-to-back meetings until 5pm which leaves almost no time to complete deliverables during actual work hours. Yet everything is still expected to be completed by “EOD,” regardless of how unrealistic that is. This forces employees to work excessive overtime hours just to keep up with the tasks they couldn’t finish during the nonstop meeting schedule. Another challenge is the sudden explosion of responsibilities. Out of nowhere, your to-do list becomes endless, and every single item is labeled as “urgent” and needed ASAP. There is little prioritization, and the stress level becomes incredibly high. While Intersect Power works on impressive projects, the internal culture especially on the management side needs significant improvement. The combination of poor work-life boundaries, constant overtime, unrealistic expectations, and pressure to respond around the clock leads to fast burnout. I hope the company takes these issues seriously and invests in creating a healthier, more sustainable work environment.

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- Evolving workflows. Not necessarily a con but worth noting you will be apart of the refining of processes.

Intersect is growing RAPIDLY, which leads to some expected but sometimes frustrating growing pains. It's worth the challenges if you're comfortable trusting the overall processes and working independently to solve problems.