Serious Founder Syndrome and Leadership Issues - Anonymous employee Ashoka Employee Review

2.0
Sep 20, 2018
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Most staff are open and collaborative and super smart, working really hard. The Fellowship network is great. Focus on innovation.

Cons

- Very low salaries (even for mid level staff) - High staff attrition bc of low salaries and leadership issues - Founder syndrome, with "yes men" senior leaders that get paid a lot but don't do much - No transparency from senior leadership, top-down decision making - No one knows what the strategy is! - Staff are supposed to be "entrepreneurial" but without a strategy = serious mission drift

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