-As others have stated, the leadership here is very removed and ignores feedback from employees. At a start up, they haven't earned the trust of the small company to be so detached yet, and it results in setting unattainable goals because they don't understand the blockers or trust lower leaders in their areas
-Burn out is a huge theme. Everyone is exasperated and frustrated and regularly running at the same problems with well thought out solutions that they can't get approval for from leadership. This is often in the name of spending resources on revenue generating things without recognizing the barriers to efficiency that, if removed, would enable way more success. The saddest part of this is seeing passionate, enthusiastic people lose those characteristics. Even the most well-intentioned and talented leaders end up clearly jaded, frustrated, and depleted which shows in our retention of leadership
-The company has values that they say they live, but how they define them raises suspicions. "Be bucket worthy" - meaning do everything on your plate and ask for help if you need it - great in theory but people are given no resources or support, and everyone is too spread thin to provide help is someone does feel brave enough to ask. "Transparency" - but only when it looks good. Departures are kept quiet and the CEO dances around answers when he hosts his "ask me anything" sessions in the name of said transparency.
