This is a very long list but I will start with the root of it all: #1 The CEO is completely out of touch with reality and does not care about anyone but himself or his chronies. He has proven time and time again by lying to us and denying objective reality that he only cares about his personal hang ups with how he thinks the world operates rather than how it actually operates. Because of this we are consistently bleeding the most talented and senior technologists this company has to companies willing to pay more and offer remote work. It has not quite happened yet but this will ultimately be the downfall of this company; we will eventually lose someone irreplaceable and something terrible will happen as a result and the spiral will begin. #2 NO WORK FROM HOME, this is non-negotiable. This kind of goes with #1, but I felt like it needed it’s own category. We transitioned to nearly 100% WFH during the Covid thing, like many companies, and much to the CEO’s chagrin, we proved we could run this company effortlessly remote. That, however, is not good enough for him. He wants everyone in the office to the point of micro-managing everyone to death now, tracking badging in/out so they know exactly how many hours you are in the building. If you are in a position where your team is in another state and you are by yourself, well he doesn’t care. His answer is “Move and go be with your team”. Can one human being be more out of touch with humanity? I am not sure honestly. People who are not putting in the 8hrs/day now are being walked out of the building. So unless that’s your thing, avoid this company at all costs based on this alone. #3 This company is mired in inefficient processes. It takes literally months to get anything done because of the insane approval chains that accomplish very little. These are largely governed by people who do not understand any technology anyway, so they ultimately approve changes they don’t understand. Which is just great. Rather than fix any of this, they just add on more process and more products to make the act of getting approvals take longer and be even more inefficient. So much for getting actual work done. #4 There is no such thing as a raise here. You can get promoted, get more work assigned to you, but you will make the same money. Much like many employers these days, the only way to get a raise is to quit/get an offer from another company and either come back or have it counter offered. In summary, I actually liked it when I first started working here. I was surrounded by intelligent and motivated people. The work wasn’t the most interesting, but all in all, it was still enjoyable and my team(s) have al been great. But like most great things, some multi-millionaire CEO has to go and ruin it for all of the peons he has no knowledge of because he thinks he knows what’s best regardless of what the rest of the world tells him. Sociopaths are fun, aren’t they? If you are considering applying for a job here, don’t. Go basically anywhere else. At least as long as this dude is CEO. He cannot, and should not, be trusted with your livelihood. I, like many, are actively interviewing with other companies and leaving as soon as possible. I suggest everyone do the same.
