Pros
- CEO is inspiring, hard-working and highly visible leader that has brought significant attention and funding to the business - Tackling a real problem and making a tiny, but genuinely helpful, impact - Non CEO employees are nice, hard-working and aligned
Cons
- For all her benefits, the CEO is the biggest issue. Quite simply, the company will never succeed until they replace her - Turnover has probably been 75% in the past year, and includes entry-level employees all the way to the COO and board of directors - Low morale in an environment that should be the opposite; people don't seem to enjoy coming to work, and that starts at the top - Talented employees are not incentivized to stay or to work on other things; without high pay or stock options, the company needs to give them other reasons to stick around - CEO has unreasonably high expectations which not only frustrates employees but in turn affects current clients