Jet black Reviews

There was zero work/life balance. I’ve worked in traditionally difficult environments and in other startups and this was by far the worst in terms of boundaries. Managers questioned why you were taking sick/personal days, would constantly contact you well after hours then criticize you for not responding (example, was called at 1am then was scolded in the morning that I didn’t pick up, because I was asleep). Frequent changes in priorities/process coupled with lack of communication made it almost impossible to meet deadlines. You could regularly pull 100+ hour weeks (no exaggeration, as many employees during my time there worked almost every weekend) and still feel totally behind. When any of these issues were brought to upper management, they were generally dismissed or down played. Some takeaways: numerous employees, some of whom were very senior, quit on the spot with no notice, stellar employees who happened to be vocal about their issues with project direction or senior leadership decisions were let go due to “performance issues”, out of the dozens of people I started with, only one person still works at the company (most of the rest left voluntarily)

The CEO is toxic and has no clue what she is doing. She spreads her toxicity and it affects every inch of the company including the senior leadership team. They are all helpless, but it's their choice to run with it so that's their burden to deal with. Imagine 1 person trying to run a 200+ employee company by trying to do everyone's job except hers. There is no hope as long as she remains CEO.