No Work Life Balance, Poor Leadership - Manager SharkNinja Employee Review

1.0
Apr 23, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Fair pay, stock options, nice office, good benefits, hybrid work.

Cons

Toxic work culture due to poor leadership. Teams are constantly throwing each other under the bus and looking for someone to blame when things go wrong. ZERO strategy or standard operating procedures. Management calls this a 'fast paced, start-up like environment' which actually means the strategy will change every week over week, sometimes multiples days a week, and most of the time there is no strategy. You will be reprimanded if you can't keep up with what the ELT decides to call a 'strategy' that day. Horrible, horrible leadership. The CEO will overhaul a strategy weeks before launch based off a feeling. CEO typically sends the CPO to meetings they cannot attend, who has no experience in anything over than product and engineering. SVP of PD creates chaos because they can't keep strategies straight and sends teams running in circles. ZERO work life balance. Amongst the chaos, you are expected to work well outside of 9-5. Most meetings start at 7am and 8pm. You will be ridiculed if you have a personal commitment, family, or basic work/life boundaries. No commitment to professional development and no structured on-boarding or training. PIPs run rampant, there were individuals placed on PIPs 90 days into the role. PIPs are based off your manager/boss' opinion and most management suffers from confirmation bias.

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5.0
May 4, 2026
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Pros

Impactful work from Day 1 and a great learning experience

Cons

If you are not in the headquarter office, you may miss out on some networking opportunities but the early talent team do their best in providing as many opportunities as possible.

1.0
May 26, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Some good peers that make the days slightly bearable with the group chat of how ridiculous and hellish the place is

Cons

The speed and agility are just code names for ceo paranoia and inability to make and stick to decisions. Toxic environment perpetuated by the lifers. Entire departments are pit against each other. A culture of public shaming and blaming with a side of discrimination and misogyny. It is absolute chaos and makes you regress professionally because after a while all you do is “yes” the ceo and do things the Shark way which is essentially the Mark way and 0% what other orgs would do or what you learned about/experienced previously. Micromanaging starts from the very top. Product issues daily. People cry daily. Ridiculously high turnover. So much bullying and favoritism. Extremely top heavy and lots of VPs+ to attend meetings but not enough people to actually work. Those in leadership are also unprofessional and liabilities. No work life balance. No respect. Backstabby. Even the meeting are aggressive and called hacks, red teams, sledge hammer approach etc. The best way to be successful here is to be a super caffeinated visible sycophant that is fine with no life outside of work. People note the high comp but it’s not worth it and is not enough compared to the hours actually worked and all the stress and anxiety that comes with it. The moral and mental health here are the lowest I’ve ever seen.

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