Pros
- Talented and intelligent colleagues who genuinely cared about their work. - Prior to new leadership, there were clear team structures which made it easy to be productive and get things done.
Cons
- New leadership dismantled stable and effective teams. Entire QA org eliminated, project managers laid off or reassigned. - Leadership obsession with AI adoption including tracked usage metrics and a mandatory “AI hackathon” day. - After a long-overdue anonymous “pulse check” survey, instead of addressing the feedback, the company responded with a mass layoff. - What remains of engineering is a skeleton crew, with eliminated roles now being filled by cheaper contractors. Syndio once championed pay equity and now openly markets itself as helping employers ensure they don’t “overcompensate” employees. This new mission statement is plastered across the landing page and is diametrically opposed to the careers page which still touts the old mission.