Toxic Leadership & "Yes Men": The senior leadership team seems more interested in fighting amongst themselves to become the CEO’s favorite than actually running a sustainable business. To make matters worse, the core staff surrounding them is 90% "yes men"—hand-picked specifically because they will never say no.
The "HiPPO" Culture (Highest Paid Person's Opinion): Logic, data, and customer feedback do not matter here. Title wins every debate. Because no one actually talks to customers to find out what they want, we operate entirely on the whims of senior leadership.
** stifled Innovation:** If an idea doesn’t come from the CEO or his inner circle, you aren’t allowed to fix it—even if it’s obviously broken.
Strategy via Whiplash: We are constantly tasked with building, marketing, or selling "crazy ideas" that pivot 20 times during the process. There is no stability.
Zero Retrospectives: We never look back. We launch projects based on gut feelings, and we never analyze if they actually worked. We just move immediately to the next chaotic initiative.
Delusional AI Expectations: Leadership throws the acronym "AI" around without actually
understanding how the technology works. They assume it is magic and demand it function according to their imagination rather than technical reality.
Massive Burnout: The expectation to execute these constantly changing, unrealistic projects "overnight" is crushing. The burnout across teams is palpable.
Summary: This was, without exaggeration, the worst job of my life.
