A focus on all the wrong things - Anonymous employee KeyBank Employee Review

1.0
Jan 4, 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Banking meets the needs of clients Ample vacation time

Cons

Micromanagement, destruction of trust-based meritocracy, and vindictive executive management behaviors destroyed the functional product design culture of the Washington, DC office to the degree that 80+% of staff has turned over of their own accord. What was once an imperfect albeit highly functional environment, a collaborative group of decent people designing and releasing software each sprint, was turned into a place where one had to worry more about pleasing inexperienced digital senior executives who spent time tracking salaried employees out of office time in a spreadsheet rather than setting intelligent KPIs or strategic goals. If you are an engineer, designer, product manager, or skilled digital professional, be warned.

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