Aggressive environment and poor leadership
Pros
- Grover is a growing startup with an innovative concept that can bring so much value to the world (even though internally the core interest is still only acquisition at any cost) - Having an exciting product leads to hiring interesting people, in this sense, you can find some diversity on different cultures and backgrounds. - After more than 6 years working with startups, my Grover experience made me realize I don't want to work on startups anymore. The stress was so high and overwhelming that gave me strength to quit and pursue my own dreams instead.
Cons
- The higher leadership work style is more into aggressiveness as a common behavior. They often act like old sales companies in which giving tough love and hard praises are seen as motivation tools - and overwork is praised as commitment. - In less than one year, I've seen at least 5 people leaving the company mainly burned out due to a toxic environment and leadership behaviour that goes unchecked. - The commercial team has an aggressive behaviour towards the stakeholders, often undermining people's expertise, being very rude in communication and acting as if their support stakeholders are interns to fullfill their wishes, rather than professionals that should be respected and treated with care. - The leadership of the commercial team in not solution oriented, nor interested in fostering a positive working environment. Their approach is often to blame other people's "lack of proactivity" instead of realizing the need and importance of strong leadership to make teams thrive . People get burned out while doing unnecessary back and forth, lost on the absence of clear processes and having to engage all the time in ego driven discussions rather than looking for real solutions.
