Kikoff reviews

CEO has no idea what's going on to an embarrassing degree. I don't know why she's a CEO of a fintech company when she doesn't know anything about finance or tech. In review meetings, she asks obvious questions and acts like it's a deep insight. It's just a waste of everyone's time but we all have to go through the charades bc she's the CEO and whatever she says goes. CEO leaves before 5pm every day; there's no commitment on her part to the company or working harder to ramp up on all the things she doesn't know. CEO actively fosters toxic organizational politics. Because she's not involved in the day to day, she plays favorites and relies on gossip to create a picture in her mind of what's going on. So if you're an obnoxious, political person who knows how to use her lack of awareness to your advantage, you will do well. If you actually want to do honest work and have impact / grow your career, you will get thrown under the bus. If you join, be aware that your equity will most likely be worthless. Comp is not competitive and you will have very little growth opportunities due to the bloated size and politics in the org, which also is trickled down from the toxic personality of the CEO. People say you have to choose between "learn or earn" well here you will do neither.

Can be long hours sometimes and projects can often shift quickly but typical of a startup. Grateful for lunches provided but strong prefer the DoorDash we had over the catering.