Ethos Life reviews

Leadership hasn't learned to mature from an early-stage startup into a more mature phase of the company at the expense of its employees. The compensation and benefits are middling at best. The vision just isn't there. Asking anyone in management why we are doing the things we're doing in one-on-ones always comes down to "LT wants it, so we have to." I'm ashamed of how Ethos handled their COVID-19 layoffs. They dismissed the individuals without any notice after being told for months that there would be no layoffs. From the ones I know personally, communication was almost non-existent as to why and they've been very tight-lipped with us as well. There is no honest differentiator between Ethos and its competitors.

-Leadership is inexperienced and scattered. They frequently undermine each other and other team leaders without even realizing it. Their direction is inconsistent and they frequently contradict themselves, leaving their direct reports and other employees confused and frustrated. They'll often tell employees to go full-throttle on a project for months and then abandon it without explanation once it's ready to go. -Things tend to be decided on a whim without much thought put into logistics or potential consequences. Many actions are taken retroactively or in reaction to a problem rather than being forward-thinking. -No matter how much experience someone may have their input tends to be disregarded and leadership will carry on with whatever they want to do. Literally everything is a battle. -Layoffs were very poorly handled. Absolutely no warning was giving and communication was severely lacking to both those affected and the remaining team. Many of those let go had worked at Ethos for over a year and weren't given any explanation as to why they were chosen. Instead, a very generic and unhelpful email was sent out days later.