The sales team is incredibly cutthroat and people are fired all the time. It's really disheartening. I hated that they tracked my calls/productivity, when I went to the restroom, restricted Internet use, etc.
And then, in direct contrast to the police state monitoring of certain activities, the management has created this drinking goof-off culture that invites slacking and frankly, hooking up. Honestly, the company culture on the whole is a vile cesspool of drama, like the kind you find in high schools. For instance, the CEO has been involved personally in sexual harassment and is having an affair with a junior employee.
There are also other managers who have had affairs with lower level employees, which is gross and uncomfortable when you find out. Knowing that they are having an affair behind their spouses’ backs is rather upsetting to some of us on moral and character grounds, but also it is making us uncomfortable (sometimes we saw/see their spouses at events) and is a distraction to productivity.
It became a huge source of gossip in the office and honestly, watching them message each other on snapchat and skype all day was really irritating. I’m at work to do my job, not to hook up with people or plan drinking events. They seem to take lunches/trips to work out, were constantly using email and flirt and chat all day in person, too. It’s bad for morale for all of us to be working a full day and see certain people, especially ones in management roles, slacking off a good part of each day.
