In sales, it was a bit of an extra grind with monthly quotas which further amplified "what have you done for me lately" feeling. There would be pressure to oversell/force a sale too quickly at the expense of hitting a monthly number from your direct managers/directors at points. Managers also are overworked/spread too thin so the employees that work under them get limited development/coaching because their manager is often running around in meetings, interviews, etc... This in turn leads to the 1:1s to be about your forecast and spreadsheets and less on coaching and developing with deals. There was also a lack of development for reps wanting to move into manager roles - a lot of it is left to you with the expectation that you won't get a manager job until having interview several times.