—CEO is pretty full of himself and isn’t very transparent when something is going wrong. We had a nice conversation about Christmas plans in a 1:1 two weeks before I was let go. He gave me no indication that my source of income was in trouble. He seemed nice and I thought I could have trusted him to be more transparent.
—The manager I worked with at the time is no longer there but she was very abusive. She would often throw temper tantrum when one her her reports would make a small mistake. I was too scared to tell anyone because I was brand new and she’s been there for 5+ years.
—Her manager regularly cancelled our 1:1s at the last minute. I think he missed opportunities to help me—and ultimately his team—improve when they really needed it.
Ultimately I’m responsible for my own goals. However, in hindsight, I was fresh out of college, hardly had any recruiting experience, and had extremely poor leadership here. At least compared to other companies I’ve worked for since. This is by far the worst company I have ever worked for.
