Company with enormous potential, undermined by poor leadership culture - Anonymous employee Syncron Employee Review

– Executive leadership under the former CEO systematically dismantled the company’s Scandinavian-style work culture, replacing it with corporate politics and rigid top-down control. Several respected local leaders were removed or marginalized during this period. – The current CPTO has heavily imported practices from prior companies without adapting them to Syncron’s context. His handling of layoffs within the Product organization was chaotic and poorly communicated, eroding morale and trust. – VP-level roles experience constant turnover. Many leadership positions lack continuity, making long-term execution difficult. – The Warsaw office, despite being the largest, has no meaningful representation at the executive level. Longstanding structural bias against this location has impacted team morale and visibility. – While critical IC hiring was frozen for extended periods, several senior roles were filled through personal networks, resulting in weak domain understanding at the top. – Platform-level code quality is inconsistent. Technical debt frequently derails product delivery. – There has been no coherent technical strategy in recent years. With technical leadership lacking influence, non-technical product heads have driven decisions that compromise architectural integrity. – The product leadership team had little gender diversity, further contributing to a tense and exclusive environment. – Employee feedback mechanisms exist but are often ignored. In some cases, responses from leadership have deflected blame back onto staff rather than addressing the root causes. – Compensation reviews have been underwhelming in both fairness and market alignment. – AI initiatives remain vague and directionless. There’s no clear vision for how to support productivity or innovation in this area.