Good company ruined by poor leadership - Anonymous employee Sphere Bio Employee Review

2.0
Sep 9, 2025
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great technology, Really nice people. Nice facilities and location

Cons

The way leadership handled redundancies was awful at best. 70% of staff laid off with no notice or consultation, Pay was guaranteed for the month from the SLT, then laid off anyway with no notice period. The company knew it was out of money at the start of the month, but allowed us to continue working knowing we would have to claim lost wages via the insolvency service. Many promises were made in the lead up to this that were not delivered (Funding is secure, merger/acquisition is secure).

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5.0
Feb 23, 2026
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Pros

Fantastic team and great culture. I'll really miss them.

Cons

Certain decisions (such as building a US sales team) came just 2-3 years too late.

2.0
Sep 11, 2025
Anonymous employee
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CEO approval
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Pros

- Salary was good while it lasted - Peers were very nice and hard-working - Beautiful office space

Cons

- Creating slides for internal meetings was more important than working on projects to generate leads - Middle management was ineffective, often wasting their own time while distracting top performers - Unrealistic deadlines led to staff burnout - 70% of team laid off in a mass meeting with zero consultation, no salary paid in August, nor were we given any redundancy pay. Yet they claimed to "value and care for our people."

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