-We have a CEO who is not willing/able to run the business day-to-day. Okay fine, he's the founder/visionary. But in that case, hire a president who's a business genius with tons of experience. Instead, our president has only ever worked at this company, has an MBA from a mediocre school, and clearly has no idea what he's doing. When doing a company presentation about our lack of significant profits, he made a remark that "they don't teach you this in business school." That is not a true or valid excuse for the head of the company.
-The President is known among most of the employees who interact with him as having terrible social skills. He makes us feel uncomfortable in meetings and comes across as disingenuous and uncaring.
-The leadership here has a serious boys club/bro culture. Leadership does not make enough effort to include female employees. At the sales conference, they "iced" a leader on-stage. As much as that might be considered "fun," that is extremely inappropriate. The impression it made me walk away with was, if I want to be a successful leader at this company, I need to be okay with drinking (and most likely need to be a male bro).
-The CEO and President micromanage like crazy. They do this thing where they randomly swoop in on a program or project and start making decisions without knowing what they are talking about. Let go!
-Communication at this company is awful. I more often hear about changes, even ones directly affecting me or my job, through someone who heard from someone. That is preposterous. Leaders need to be direct and ensure that they communicate with everyone who should know.
-The CEO and President exhibit favoritism time and time again. Some people who are incompetent or who have made serious mistakes/judgement calls are still here because they're "buds" with leadership. Also, opportunities often get passed onto these favorites. And becoming a favorite means sucking up to the CEO and President and never telling them no. Real future leaders are willing and capable to say no.
-The CEO is so self-obsessed that he insists on building a new HQ that the company cannot afford because he wants a monument to himself. Spend your own money!
-The company's spending was out-of-control and led to non-existent profits, and executive leadership acted like it came out of nowhere. In reality, if they were doing their jobs and being responsible, the company would never have gotten into this mess in the first place. As President, you should know how the company spends its money and scrutinize. Especially given the decision to give body cameras away for free for one year, leadership should have done their due diligence to put checks and balances in place for spending.
