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I'm looking for a word or phrase to describe a company that is
organizationally disorganized. I am not sure if words that describe physically
disorganized (like a messy desk for which you could say 散らかってる) would be
appropriate for this case.

To be more specific, imagine a company whose customer support you call, and
get forwarded to 5 or 6 different people before they finally answer your
question. Would something like "まとまってない" apply here?
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How to describe a company that is disorganized?
めちゃめちゃ (me-cha me-cha) means "messed-up".

>   * あの会社の進め方はめちゃめちゃだね = That company way of doing things is messed-up
> (disorganized).
>   * この部屋はめちゃめちゃだね = This room is really messy.
>

めちゃめちゃ has also, through slang, come to be used to mean "very" before an
adjective, e.g.,

>   * めちゃめちゃいい = very good
>   * めちゃめちゃ大きい = very big.
>

But that is a different usage.
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If I called their customer support and got forwarded to 5 or 6 different
people, I'd say なってない ("not doing properly, decently"). What I mean is there
are numerous situations when you utter "disorganized" regarding a company, and
you have to choose different word in Japanese on each.

  * ばらばら: "teared up", "disintegrated", "disunited"
  * ぐちゃぐちゃ: "messy", "disturbed", "in a shambles"
  * なっていない: (see above)
  * まとまりがない: "not cohesive", "uncoordinated"
  * 体をなしていない: "shapeless", "dysfunctional" (usually with a noun such as 会社の体をなしていない)
  * でたらめ、めちゃくちゃ: "chaotic", "irresponsible"
  * 無秩序: "disordered", "headless", "chaotic"
  * 空中分解寸前: "is going to 'break up in midair'"

etc.
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