Lord of the Flies + Software Company= DISASTER - Manager Consensys Employee Review

1.0
Jun 12, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Remote work culture allows for some personal freedom. There are some nice people at ConsenSys who are trying to make it work. Unfortunately, they are at lower levels of the company where they have minimal impact.

Cons

This is an attempt by a group of inexperienced freshers to self-govern themselves, Just like the novel "Lord of the Flies." The employees form into tribes to try to protect themselves & survive. Some groups try to do real work while others remain fairly idle, but bully others and spend the days going to meetings and sending useless slack messages, For a start-up, the number of meetings and reports making is crazy making. However, because the group is trying to sell govern, they need all the meetings to try to build consensus among the staff to get anything done. Nothing gets done unless a group agrees to do it. Without any structure or performance management, there is constant backstabbing & going behind people to advance your own, or your tribe's agenda. Management lets this all go on, never intervening and never offering any guidance . Complaints are ignored. The result is unhappy employees, which leads to constant turnover. The environment is particularly bad for women employees. There is not one woman on the executive staff & that speaks volumes about who they are. The executives are all men. Many women have filed complaints before leaving the company. My advice is stay away from this employer. The technology is not cutting edge and it's not worth being in the toxic work culture .

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Cons

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1.0
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Pros

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Cons

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