It’s evident to even the lowest levels of the company that our leadership is dysfunctional. I have never worked for a company where it’s so visible at my (pretty low) level of the company that the C-Suite isn’t on the same page. They seem to lack focus. Our CEO is a founder who is completely out of touch with the company. When he speaks at all hands meetings I wish I had a dollar for every eye roll I see - he comes across as a phony person who doesn’t care about the little people. He started an “Alter-Us” initiative focused on diversity. What is hypocritical is that he hired a new COO who is a white male without trying to get some diverse leadership. After hearing the COO introduce himself it’s obvious that the CEO didn’t do anything to find a diverse candidate. He just hired someone from his network who seems to not even have a real COO background. If the CEO really cared about diversity he would have found a diverse candidate with a real COO background. The COO even made a comment about getting out of Miami because he didn’t speak Spanish. It came across as derogatory.
The environment is fear based and you’re always wondering if you will fall out of favor and get fired. CEO and his team seem to perpetuate that.
