Pros
Some amazing people who could be delivering amazing work if they weren't being micromanaged constantly. Decent pay but not decent enough to compensate for the ridiculousness from the top.
Cons
Priorities shifted constantly, often focusing on minutiae that made no meaningful difference in any outcome. The churn was unlike any I've ever seen at any organization, even before the rounds of layoffs. Salaries were frozen. The 401k match was eliminated. We were told that we'd have to start paying for half of our health insurance, never mind that that was not what we agreed to when we signed our employment letters, so on top of frozen salaries, we took literal pay cuts. And yet, I've seen on LinkedIn that the company had a presence in Davos and hosted a happy hour in Cannes? There's money to fly senior leadership to Davos and to Cannes – to host a cocktail party – but there's not money to give people salary adjustments? The CEO, in my opinion, is shockingly devoid of emotional maturity. I have worked for some truly exceptional leaders, so I know what bad "leadership" looks like. He is the poster child. But, as others have written, there is no board. There is no one to constrain him. And so the churn, I'm sure, will continue.
