Dysfunctional and terrible CEO - Research Assistant Strategic Partnerships Employee Review

I enjoy smaller organizations where you can interact with senior leaders to both learn and contribute at a high level. I also enjoy the highly intelligent staff, the mental stimulation is invigorating.

I'm sure there are but nothing comes to mind.

The one upside is that work generally stays at work, and you are not usually expected to spend your evenings or weekends catching up.

This company is a mess. Leadership is poor, the culture is toxic, and morale is terrible. Most people seemed miserable, and plenty were trying to get out. Taking PTO or being out sick was treated like a personal offense. Management, including the CEO, had no problem bothering people while they were out. The CEO made promises to clients that the staff cannot realistically deliver, then expected everyone to kill themselves trying to meet absurd deadlines. If something went wrong, you get berated. Half the time, you could also get reprimanded for doing exactly what you were told to do. Everything is treated like an emergency, and no matter what you do, it is never good enough. Constant criticism, unreasonable expectations, and zero respect for employees. I would not recommend working here under any circumstances.