Pros
Smart, hardworking people at the individual contributor level (many of whom are now gone).
Little micro-managing, but that’s because everyone’s bandwidth is near 0
Kontras
Post–new CEO, the company has descended into complete chaos. There is no transparency around decisions that impact teams and roles. There have been consistent strategy, personnel, and supplier changes with no explanation, accountability, or follow-through.
Cons, continued:
Employee input and performance do not matter. Decisions feel driven by appeasing BoD and optics rather than results, input and reality.
The culture has become a corporate hellscape of:
Endless reorganizations with no clear rationale, including layoffs with no reasoning
Vague all-hands meetings that avoid real issues, even when directly asked
A massive disconnect between the C-suite and day-to-day reality
Eroded trust and growing position insecurity
Middle managers incentivized to prioritize managing up & executive optics over team advocacy
“Return to Office” policy put in place when promised a “Work from Anywhere” position, where the RTO policy differs across employees’ location
Little to no growth opportunities despite high performance
Under-market average compensation that was justified by locale, “Work from Anywhere”, and flexibility — which was recently rolled back
A clear favoritism to those that “talk the talk” vs “performance with numbers”
