Liquid Instruments Reviews

Would upvote most of negative feedback shared already. Liquid Instruments is stumbling to find any semblance of product market fit outside of an extremely narrow photonics research market. Leadership struggles to articulate vision and a believable strategy. To make things worse, they also lack the necessary experience to execute. So instead, they default to painful micromanagement and erratic "jerking of the wheel" to course correct without ever addressing the root cause issues. As shared by other reviewers, the COO, CEO + CFO contribute to what amounts to a toxic work culture. Examples include how often the CEO speaks negatively behind everyone's back in front of seemingly everybody else (at team dinners, in large virtual meetings, team meetings..etc..), how mired in detail the COO is that she unable to be effective at driving change, and how the CFO is constantly crafting a self serving narrative to put down those around her. Oversight of senior leadership is limited given the brain trust of engineering is thousands of kilometers away in Australia and is perceived to the the main competitive advantage for the business. This perception is wrong because the engineering team lacks critical technical capabilities, is insufficiently empowered to expand their contributions, due to lack of direction and development opportunities. The chances of this company making it big are extremely low.

Poor strategic direction. LOTS of bad hiring decisions. Leadership isn't in the correct roles. Cheapness. Not customer-focused. High turnover. Unnecessary roles. Headcount assigned in the wrong places. Being run like a large company, not a startup. Not taking risks. Office exists for no reason. Not enough R&D.