- Visionless, directionless company. Company thinks vision = list of features to get done... Leadership has no opinion on it because the less vision, the more micromanagement.
- People are not respected. Intense micromanagement and staff are treated in ways that would be fireable in past companies. Lots of arrogant people in leadership (read people's interview reviews to hear more about this)
- Selectively data driven, depending on whether senior leadership's narrative
- Obsessed with making product teams run like growth teams. Everyone is doing cheap, short-term experiments to try and drive revenue. No focus on user, no focus on long-term direction.
- Mismatch between who they hire (people who like autonomy, think critically and independently) and who they want (people who will follow what is being dictated). This makes people either quit fast or succumb to accepting paycheck to paycheck with no care about product
- Lots of quality issues and scammy tactics in the product. Lots of red tape and incessant A/B testing when people try to make changes. Stems from glorification of the high growth days when they were full blown scamming everyone in pursuit of "growth". No concrete stance on quality and ethics, just lip service.
- CEO doesn't understand the idea of sunk cost fallacy. A.k.a. past features should never be revisited, and failed products should continue to be funded.
- Fails to be "data driven" to realise their current approach is not sustainable or good for the stock price, employee churn, or company direction. Continues to "bootstrap" the company and refusing outside funding, meaning resources will continue to be stretched thin, hyper focus on revenue will continue, and hyper focus on short term will continue - ultimately I give them 3-5 years.
