Poor management that relies on old-school favoritism - Project Manager Oura Employee Review

1.0
Jun 24, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great benefits - medical, stipend for lunch Energetic remote atmosphere Rapid growth

Cons

Bad management, same favoritism as usual Poor work/life balance Inaccessibility to important tooling Cross-functional team members pushed away projects or tasks due to “bandwidth” issues Bad directors or managers who don’t do work or do the minimum to appear “hard-working” to execs

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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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