Stated plainly, it has the worst managerment I have ever worked with. The negativity and micro-management permeate the entire organization and have stunted the growth of an otherwise decent start-up.
He treats others in a blatantly disrespectful manner. I have personally experienced this and I have seen it happen to many others. The people who have worked there for a long time are afraid of him and they make jokes about it, but it is beyond unacceptable.
There is a generous ONE WEEK Maternity. This is not a culture that values work/ life balance.
The internet is on lockdown because people are not trusted to do their work.
The hiring philosophy is to hire kids right out of college and work them to the bone because you can get them cheap and they don't know that people are not treated like this at real companies.
When I was "let go", I was offered 2 weeks severance in exchange for signing an agreement saying that I would not say negative things about the company, and it specifically called out this website, because negative press has been such an issue for PitchBook and John in the past. Every offense would have been punishable by a "$25,000 liquidated breach". Obviously, I didn't sign it.
PitchBook has been unable to keep sales and marketing leadership due to management issues and from my personal experience they do not value or respect sales and marketing people.
...I could go on, but my goal in posting is not to vent but to deter smart, capable people from making the mistake of working here. Please don't make the same mistake I did.