Ben Maitland

Disappointing, could be so much more without toxic leadership Struggling to scale. There is very little lack of higher-level direction and strategy (no, random initiatives don't count) with extreme micromanagement. Big brother like analytics, everything you do is tracked. CEO has 7 screens filled with dashboards in his office that he uses to measure people by. He can and will randomly call your team out on your faults or with tidbits of his internet searches on the next big thing with new initiatives to follow. This usually results in you having to immediately stop what your doing for the next hour to accommodate, forcing you to work late to make up for it. Extremely distracting work environment. Open office environment where the CEO plays his music over the entire office speakers. People making phone calls everywhere. 150+ emails a day from automated systems that you're expected to read. Not allowed to wear headphones. Constant IMs from leadership. I think I counted a max of 5 minutes ever before I was interrupted with an email or IM. No autonomy. You will be randomly assigned tasks daily by management, which have little guidance into their strategic impact. I feel bad for some of the managers who have implement these tasks to their teams, as it's obvious it comes from the top, and they don't agree. Measured by data collection practices which are not validated against their end goals (again, up to the whim of the leadership). You also have at least an hour of your day taken up by inputting everything you did for the day (and I mean everything) so that the CEO can judge your "performance". Paid parking (~$180/month), inflexible and tight hours (will be called out if your 5 min late, even once), management uses extra hours (come early/stay late) as punishment. Constant tension in the office, everyone is on their tiptoes waiting for a CEO outburst, very high pressure environment. Little to no positive recognition, good deeds go unnoticed, small failures are openly called out with draconian punishments. Technically a 4:30pm departure, but there is such a push to stay after and look busy (including the "Go-Home" days, where no one actually "Goes Home"). Forced celebrations of business wins where everyone tries to look happy, but really another distraction to work.