Terrible- basically, no- leadership. They hire some amazing people and don’t trust them and let them do their jobs. There is no emotional intelligence from senior leadership- they treat people really badly. They call at all hours, set made-up, unrealistic deadlines and expect that you will work all hours to make it happen. They literally justify it by saying “you signed up to work at a unicorn start-up” and “say goodbye to your families because this is what it takes.” Um, nope- I joined a 15-year-old company that’s just hitting its stride. It’s a well-funded fairly established company that doesn’t know what to do next. The leadership does not communicate to the staff, so there’s no strategy. (What they do choose to say no one believes anyway.) And no one respects process, so it’s near impossible to make anything happen. Worst of all, there’s a deep-set culture of bullying that starts with the C-team. There’s favoritism and narcissism and overall an incredibly unhealthy place to be. This company will demand the world from you and it will harm your physical and mental health. If you last a year you’ll be too burned out to continue and they won’t care. It isn’t worth sacrificing for them.
