Record breaking leadership churn - Anonymous employee Auctane Employee Review

2.0
Oct 5, 2024
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great office (Location, IT, snacks, many great people) Good benefits Ton of investment in software/tools

Cons

Third straight year of layoffs positioned as some kind of 'team restructure' when it seems obvious to everyone we were just missing targets. No one on the highest levels really knows anything about the business. They're all brand new or just not interested in learning. There has been nonstop Executive turnover, including at least 5 CFOs in a few years alone. And in the past year or two a ton of other senior leaders have decided to leave on their own and they were mostly the ones who actually understood the company and industry.

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5.0
Jul 1, 2026
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Pros

Amazing work culture (before merger), Warm leads, amazing leaders

Cons

High burn out position, merger is affecting moral, difficult to enjoy time off, constantly changing goal and complete compensation plan. Also career opportunities were slim

2.0
Apr 27, 2026
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Pros

The frontend engineering culture didn't exist before our team built it. Establishing modern stack practices (React, Vue, TypeScript) and bringing rigor to the frontend was genuinely rewarding work. Talented engineers and strong peer-level collaboration. Real technical ownership when projects actually moved forward. Decent benefits and remote flexibility until they started taking remote away.

Cons

Despite the company being profitable, there were layoffs nearly every quarter, which made it impossible to plan or feel stable. Leadership was consistently disorganized. Stakeholder alignment was a constant problem and decisions took far too long to land. A lot of projects never launched, not because of execution issues, but because leadership couldn't get the right people in the room or commit to a direction. Constant churn at the leadership and org level created whiplash on priorities.

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