Poor leadership and lack of vision - Anonymous employee Uptake Employee Review

2.0
Nov 17, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

-Swag -Snacks -Driven people -Unlimited PTO -Solid Agile process That's really all I have in terms of positives. These are positives that most startups inherently have.

Cons

-Way too many politics -Male dominated executive team -Fear based culture -People getting fired without an explanation -Lack of respect for employees -Lack of product vision -Overworked employees -High school drama like behavior amongst executive team -Underpaid employees -Lots of confusion with what people were responsible for as the company was scaling -Lack of transparency -Some employees responsibilities changed dramatically without any notice ahead of time

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