Epos Now Development Lead interview questions

2 interviews, over an hour each, just listening to the head of product talk about the company and the problems they are experiencing (i.e. lots of developers leaving). From what I could work out, there were communication problem between development and the company owner, which had caused frustrations with delivering features. Main bits that stood out for me where phrases like "I deal with <CEO> and keep him away from the developers!", and "yeah...some of the developers turn up to the daily stand ups". I can completely understand why they are facing challenges if the developers and company directors are not engaged with the various agile processes, and that none of the senior people can see that as a problem! I didn't get a sense of happiness within the company, and a culture of fear seemed to exist. When talking about one of the upcoming epics in the backlog, I asked if any informal UX investigation had been done to find out how end users would feel about the approach, as it seemed somewhat onerous. In a fearful voice, I was told something like "don't say that to <CEO>!!! He's pushing for this!". Wow! Why would I want to work in a culture of fear where I'm not allowed to have an opinion or say in creating a great platform with an excellent user experience? The glassdoor reviews look heavily curated and lack sincerity.