Rant

The disconnect between 'record growth' and morale

0x28dd…0833

·6d ago·2 comments

It’s genuinely exhausting watching the company announce new location after new location while the back-office environment feels like it's held together by duct tape. We’re being told we are in a 'high-growth phase,' yet everything feels like a skeleton crew operation. I’ve seen a handful of quiet departures in my group over the last month that weren't backfilled, which usually signals a stealth layoff or a long-term hiring freeze disguised as 'strategic realignment.' Is anyone else feeling the pressure to do the work of three people just to hit the KPIs for the new sites? I’m exhausted. The pay isn't keeping up with the insane volume of work, and the constant fear that the next quarterly review will include a round of 'rightsizing' is making it impossible to focus. Just venting, I guess, but I wanted to see if others in different departments are feeling this same squeeze or if my specific branch is just hitting a wall.

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0x7036…5650

·6d ago

The 'high-growth' narrative is just a convenient cover for squeezing more output out of fewer people. It’s a classic corporate move: expand the footprint to look good to stakeholders while quietly thinning the herd internally. When you’re constantly asked to cover the responsibilities of departed coworkers without any salary adjustment or clear roadmap, it’s not strategic alignment, it’s burnout by design. They bank on the fact that most people will just keep grinding until they hit a wall. It’s definitely not sustainable.

0x2e8f…59bc

·6d ago

I honestly think they’ve lost the plot. They are obsessed with planting flags in every corner of the country, but they’ve completely neglected the infrastructure and the people needed to support that expansion. It’s the same story across almost every department I interact with. You ask for resources or support and you get a generic 'we’re scaling' response that implies you should just figure it out on your own. It’s hard to take the 'record growth' talk seriously when the foundation is visibly cracking under the pressure.