Emotional, impulsive leadership. - Senior Software Engineer Podium Employee Review

1.0
Jul 15, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Surrounded by great people, pretty interesting for a B2B product.

Cons

Emotionally driven decisions by the CEO that other C-level leaders struggle to rationalize to their departments. Out of the blue, hundreds of employees who were hired as remote were told they'd have to start driving to the office, even if they lived 50 miles away. When asked why, the CEO just referenced the "magic" of being in the office. When asked what data went into the decision, the answer was flatly "none". Imagine upending the lives of hundreds of employees, against the recommendations of your C-suite, just because you believe in magic. This is the Podium experience.

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5.0
Jun 4, 2026
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Pros

Great pay, high performing culture and coaching

Cons

High pressure, some can’t handle it

3.0
Jul 6, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great coworkers, lower-middle management, product, PTO “unlimited” which isn’t true but does allow flexible usage, generous 2 days off for many holidays, and catered food ~3 times a month, regularly stocked fridge with energy drinks, soda, and water.

Cons

Top down leadership disconnected from sales and customer success team. Little coordinated efforts between nearly every department. Overhauled the pay structure Jan 2026, getting rid of the performance based promotion and pay scaling. Preventing OM’s from making the advertised 77k leading to many of us now stuck at 60k or 66k w/ a horrible annualized raise schedule (high performers not getting raises left waiting for potential raises that likely won’t come this year). Nearly nonexistent HR that is hard to get in communication with.

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