Avoid at All Costs – A Masterclass in How NOT to Run a Business - Contractor Chatloop Employee Review

1.0
Mar 5, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

* You will develop resilience, patience, and a strong tolerance for BS. * If you’ve ever wanted a real-life experience of financial survival mode, this is the place. *Real life experience of Employment Tribunals/Legal System. * The team (aside from management) is incredibly supportive, mostly because we’re trauma-bonded by wage theft.

Cons

*Note, every positive review on this page was paid for and instructed as part of an exercise to improve the companies appearance. 1. You Won’t Get Paid - There have been two months of unpaid wages, cited as a 'bank issue', a 'cash flow issue', but turns out it's just a CEO issue. He's acted in line with a con who deliberately and unlawfully withholds wages, nor does he pay his suppliers. It's not financial hardship—it's calculated, unlawful wage theft. 2. The narcissistic leader of this sinking ship, is single-handedly responsible for running the company into the ground. Lies constantly. Evidence suggests cash flow issues existed for months and he isn’t telling stakeholders. Disappears when confronted. You can't even find him at the office because he stopped paying for it and then kicked him out. The company Grievance Policy became under review the second it was followed by staff, and is now under review until he can twist it in a way that benefits him. The CEO presents himself as a visionary, but in reality, he is a serial excuse-maker whose only consistent trait is his ability to avoid responsibility. 
3. Financial Chaos & Mismanagement. Chatloop is a textbook example of a failing startup that refuses to admit it's broke and textbook bad faith employment practices. Suppliers haven’t been paid and employees are expected to just “hold tight” while waiting for imaginary money to land. Meanwhile, the CEO is still making empty promises about “exciting things coming soon.” Spoiler: it’s insolvency. Wrongful trading laws should and will catch up with him. Employees have raised concerns about financial mismanagement, and the lack of clarity on payroll has raised legal questions. Final Verdict: RUN. If you like job security, financial stability, and a CEO with basic integrity, this is not the place for you. There'll be a Netflix documentary about this place one day, but it'll just inflate his sad little ego more. 
🚨 AVOID AT ALL COSTS. 🚨

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1.0
Jun 18, 2025
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Some genuinely talented and supportive people across teams. - The product had potential, and the original vision was compelling. - At one point, the culture felt collaborative, though that eroded quickly.

Cons

- Serious financial issues - salary payments for several employees remain outstanding months later. Several employees, including myself, are pursuing legal action to recover these unpaid commitments. - No transparency - there was little to no communication about the missing pay or the company’s financial position. - Unpaid suppliers and contractors, adding to broader concerns about solvency and business integrity. - Leadership was chaotic and reactive, the CEO frequently changed direction without clarity or follow-through. - Many of the glowing reviews here appear suspiciously timed or insincere — take them with caution.

5
1.0
Mar 4, 2025
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- An interesting product built by a highly talented team of great people, who are held back at every opportunity by the know it all CEO, who is incapable of leading a team unless it is into the ground. - Great office environment. (Until the bills haven't been paid)

Cons

- Every workday at Chatloop is truly different, because the CEO can't stick to one idea for longer than 24 hours. Constantly flip-flopping between ideas based on nothing more than how he is feeling or "This is what X is doing". - New ideas and creativity are stifled and your true potential will not be realised. - Months of unpaid wages for employees. Current and ex-employees lied to by the CEO about cash flow issues and when payroll will land. "It will be sorted tomorrow" being the moto. - Short tempered, insecure CEO who will flip at the smallest thing, with a history of threatening past and present employees, physically and legally.

10
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