SharkNinja reviews

There is a sense of urgency for urgency's sake - the company justifies this by hiding behind the M.O. of "we're the multibillion dollar startup" which really just suggests they haven't figured out how to scale properly. Frequent knee-jerk reactions to what the executives say lead to constant project pivoting and a "throw darts at the board" design approach. The hierarchy is a paper exercise with pretty much every little decision coming down to whatever the VPs or execs want. Retention is bad - most people are on the "2 to 4 year plan" and HR is notoriously bad at the hiring process (intermittent communication with candidates, setting up interviews for the wrong position etc). The reporting structure is fragile at best with most people going through 1-2 managers per year either due to re-orgs that don't stick or people leaving - this leads to a total lack of accountability with no review process to speak of. There can be title inflation - there are more VPs than I've ever seen at a company, and by that point they are usually just playing the game to stay at the company, say yes to the execs, and collect a nice paycheck. In short: everything you need to know about the company is summed up by the building layout - the entire company is on one ground-level floor except for the President and the CEO who are on their own floor one level above.

No standard process, no standard archive of work, no part numbers or revision control! Information is passed person to person...if you are not CC'd, you have no way to know. (and did I mention there are no email or team member lists to reference/use.) Employees are worked very hard and expected to work 27x7. Trips to China come out of the blue, often with only hours notice ordering you to fly the next day and you then might well stay for several weeks. (explain that to your spouse and kids) Everything is put on the critical path, because crisis management is the norm. The work culture relies on fear as a strong motivator. The result of that toxic package is a sky-high turn-over rate. (both people being told to leave, and those running for the door) The only thing standardized is the almost constant effort to create status for upper management, who often over-rides good direction last minute which results in a flurry of unneeded work and mistakes. Oh, and if the decision is to take a risk and it doesn't work out, a scapegoat will be found and blamed. (refer to above mentioned turn-over rate) Lastly, the wide-open office space is "trendy", but is noisy, crowded and does not allow for any sort of concentration to happen.