The people (including management and co-workers) were really passive-aggressive with their way of working, pushing it like it was proven to be gospel but was tried and tested in their niche. I felt pretty isolated even though I was part of a big team. Everyone knows better than you about your field of expertise, even though theirs lies outside the realm you've made a career of working in. Interactions from co-workers in different teams was non-existent which was ironic considering management "encouraged" cross team interactions. People outside of your immediate team are very guarded and siloed. The benefits were pretty much bottom rung. Don't be lured in by the promise of driving whatever car you want, you'll get the lowest common denominators made available to you. I believe I was a diversity hire to colour out a predominantly white team. Work-life balance was talked about during the interview but in practise you turned up to a daily 9am meeting and work till 5:30pm with a mandatory 1 hour lunch that had to be taken at 1pm (mainly due to meetings). There was an imposed dress code. Even if you're working from home if you're to communicate with people outside of your immediate team. Being part of the EA team was like being a member of a cult where the majority of people worked a certain way and the rest were bullied into working that way and repeatedly told about the merits of it. I was told to bring cakes and food on my last day by a portly colleague. Who couldn't even bother getting me a leaving card.
