I said I was confident I could. Again, I grossly overestimated Vogel’s people and project management abilities. Their workflow procedures are ripe with inefficiencies. The result is a tense and stressful work environment because time budgets are perpetually tight. It is especially bad when the firm can’t find a way to bill the client for all the time. Vogel simply doesn’t comprehend the importance of guidance and oversight in project management, especially with new hires. It’s fair to expect subordinates to be self-motivated and diligent. Yet, there are times when a newer employee will unknowingly wander off course. In addition, there can be issues with group projects in which two or more staff members unintentionally conflict each other. Timely guidance and oversight can detect these problems early on but for whatever reason Vogel’s management refuses to be proactive. Rather, they prefer to wait until the very end when the damage has been done and massive revisions are necessary. Afterwards, they stew and are dumbfounded by the number of hitches encountered and are clueless as to the cause of the massive time budget overage.