Toxic leadership, silent layoffs, and broken promises - Manager Remote Employee Review

Working at Remote feels like building a plane mid-flight while the pilots change direction every 15 minutes — and then blame the crew when it crashes. Leadership changes direction constantly. Months of work can be thrown out because priorities shift overnight. No vision, just reaction. Silent layoffs are common. People disappear from Slack midweek, no explanation, no acknowledgement — just gone. “Performance issues” are often budget cuts in disguise. Even top performers have been walked out to hit short-term targets. Chasing big logo deals at all costs creates operational chaos — compliance gaps, rushed onboarding, payroll mistakes — leaving account teams to firefight. Major clients have churned because of preventable errors, but leadership spins it as “strategic.” Speaking up about bad decisions can get you labeled “not aligned.” Job security depends more on politics than performance. HR is not there for you — they protect the company narrative.