Toxic mess - Manager of Technical Staff Cohere Employee Review

2.0
Feb 29, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- good things going for the company technologically - young research vibe - some very talented colleagues

Cons

- the structure of the company is flat and chaotic. teams are physically sick and burning out. leadership seems to know this and is not doing anything about it - no pay transparency for your own position let alone others - there's talk about culture but in reality lower level employees are holding it up with toothpicks - the manipulation by leadership and people/HR team is mind-blowing - no boundaries. leadership seems to rely on this to keep things unhealthily competitive. poor behavior goes unchecked

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Cons

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2.0
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Pros

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Cons

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