I'll try to keep this as professional and useful as possible.
When the CEO joined back in 2019, everyone was very hopeful about a woman leading such a bright company. People quickly realized they've jumped into a bowl of hot soup head-first. We saw all the good team leaders either leaving or getting pushed out. ALL of them. They wiped out the full C-suite in less than 6 months with ex-yahoo folks, which in hindsight would have been great - except it wasn't. Most of the folks had no management or people skills. The culture of the teams shifted from motivated hard working to toxic people-pleasing. The CEO clearly had a group of favorites and rest were meant to suck it up or leave. A couple of things really stood out:
1. Lack of communication & transparency in the company from the C-suites
2. Lack of knowledge in upper-level management. Everyone's acting boss & no one actually knows anything. (Hint: Try having a chat with the CMO about what we actually do in-depth)
3. Chaotic management style in every team
4. The sheer mental struggle of worrying if you are going to be on the hit-list next day
5. Unproductive feedback sessions which are just a long list of complaint and regrets from your inexperienced manager
6. Every single person is always overwhelmed. Doing what?
7. The culture is really toxic and nobody should put their mental health through that
8. There's no real career path in the company - you could be doing the same job for years or you could be promoted by fluke because your whole team quit
9. The C-suite is extremely unfriendly - they will not smile and say hello, nor do they really care about an actual conversation with you
10. Most of the good talent is gone and I won't be surprised if the 1% left also leaves by the end of this year.
Wow! Made it to 10 points..
