Leadership lacks transparency - Software Engineer Sigma Computing Employee Review

1.0
Apr 16, 2024
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Pros

You'll meet some wonderful people working here.

Cons

Leadership lacks transparency! Relevant and important information is often kept secret and consistently on a "need-to-know basis," which makes leadership seem dishonest and insincere. There's a lack of transparency on the company's direction and a growing culture of fear that has been reported multiple times. Basically, the environment is "you're here to do a job; we pay better than most startups, so do your job and don't ask questions." You're a cog in the machine, not a team member. And you'll be constantly bombarded with "investor talk" during all-hands (God they even use the same slides). Sigma used to be a great place to work, but now it's transitioning to a corporate culture without building trust with its employees.

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Sigma Computing Response
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I'm sorry that you feel like we are losing our culture of transparency - we take that very seriously so it saddens me to feel that some members of our team feel like that is not working anymore. You're right that we do talk about the Market and Investor feedback a lot in our company communications - honestly that's all part of the transparency that we strive for (i.e. if we all know how investors and the market perceives us we are all better informed about our choices!) but if you feel like we are missing the mark I would love to hear more. As a current employee please feel free to reach out to the People team so that we can right the ship for you. Looking forward to your feedback

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