Hate to admit it after pouring heart & soul into the company, but the negative reviews are 100% true
Pros
Team members are intelligent, dedicated and truly a pleasure to work with. If they were allowed to do what they do best, I have no doubt this company would be successful.
Cons
CEO is a buffoon, pure and simple. He has mismanaged Rhythm and every single other company he has launched. Most have folded because of it or have been 'absorbed' by Rhythm. Don't believe anything you read about the CEO firing himself. That just means he's rarely onsite. But make no mistake, he's scheming ways of manipulating finances so he can claim that he's a successful entrepreneur or fixating on 'innovative' products & services the industry flat-out doesn't need or want. Upper management is constantly revolving, wisely leaving on their own accord or being let go abruptly when they try to do things the right way. The latter I feel happens when a manager is actually doing well and is respected by his or her peers. The CEO can't stand it. His ego demands that he's must appear the smartest person in the room and he decrees in company meetings that he alone is responsible for all positive momentum. I encourage anyone researching the company to check out videos and interviews of the CEO. Note the number of times he says "I" over "we" or "the team." He takes credit for the work of others, from accounting and Sales to operations and R&D. It's shameful. This is incredibly telling of his true character, and it certainly explains his disregard for employees, their lives, their families and their futures. Unfortunately it's a negative, self-reinforcing cycle, and has been for some time. CEO believes management success is earned by reading management books (I've met several business leaders and influential folks in Kansas City who openly joke about his penchant for claiming some epiphany based on something he read in a management book). But unfortunately he misses so many of the underlying lessons. It's less about technology or technique, it's more about people. And certainly he is ignorant of the fact that leadership is not just learned, but more so earned. It's not something you wake up and decide you're good at. Those you lead decide if you're a good leader, and the CEO has proven himself self-serving and ineffectual at nearly every turn.
