Toxic Leadership and No Real Product Vision - Anonymous employee H1 Employee Review

My experience at H1 was extremely disappointing. The work culture was toxic and demoralizing, driven largely by poor leadership at the top. The co-founder/CTO was emotionally volatile and displayed narcissistic behavior that created a fearful and unstable working environment. Across the organization, there was a clear lack of true product leadership. Instead, leaders often enabled this toxic culture rather than addressing it. Many of the most talented team members left during my time there, unable to tolerate the dysfunction. Leadership was ineffective, territorial, and contributed heavily to the toxic atmosphere. Product development was not driven by customer needs. Despite direct feedback from users, we were repeatedly told to disregard it and instead build whatever the CEO or CTO wanted—regardless of business or user value.