No Strategy, No Vision, No Idea What They're Doing - Director Amyris Employee Review

1.0
Jun 21, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good employee discounts to consumer brands. Pay is competitive, and quarterly bonus structure is nice.

Cons

Management has no ability to prioritize or set a vision - teams scramble around working on the day's fire drill or someone's temporary priority. Projects are kicked off as urgent but then abandoned because no one really had a plan. New priorities arrive as texts on Saturday afternoons, because the CEO had an idea. Everything is about chasing the zeitgeist or trying to do what other companies are doing, never establishing a unique company positioning. They talk a big game about being visionaries in sustainability, but not really doing anything unique.

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5.0
Sep 25, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- work/life balance - ability to grow in multiple directions - prioritization of safety culture

Cons

- higher level management structure can be confusing or seem disorganized at times

4.0
Jul 8, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Culture (before bankruptcy), Free Lunch (when it was there)

Cons

Bankruptcy, reorganization, and reduction in workforce

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