Pros
+ some of the junior employees are gems
+ got some decent tech and competition in the space is awful so there’s potential to hit it big with a change in leadership (merger/acquisition).
+ workforce is diverse
Cons
- ethically concerning behavior: seemed to make verbal promises at the time of hire and then going back on them; seemed to change performance review retroactively to justify no raise; seemed comfortable with rescinding offers; rumors of a discussion asking an employee to work more hours than stated in the contract; witnessed several actions skirting the line of constructive dismissal; rumors about female employees being overlooked for raises and bonuses.
- identity crisis: they believe they are a product-focused AI startup when in reality they seem to be a sales-focused tech consultancy hoping to stumble into a big deal that pivots into product-focus and this seems to make employees uncomfortable.
- treating employees poorly: rumours of several cases of denied vacation; rumours of inflexibility with remote work requests; apparent refusal to reimburse learning material for work; rumors of expectation to work over weekends for some employees due to poor planning to meet deadlines.
- poor leadership: massive control and trust issues so even small decisions have to go through CEO; no clear direction on product and timelines for features; managers told to deny some vacation/remote work requests; transactional, task-oriented and autocratic leadership style.
- poor work culture: too many people in too many meetings; often delayed, often canceled, often runs over time, and hugely inefficient; workforce is not inclusive as evidenced by big gap between senior and junior employees.
- no career growth: senior leadership refuses to engage in a real conversation about career development, instead referring some online courses to build skills.
- another review has said it, employees come last repeatedly regardless of what management claims to believe.