Applied Intuition

This company is the clear leader in the various spaces it operates in. The workforce is highly talented, skilled, hungry, and a pleasure to work with. Teams are motivated, and many of us enjoy working on the types of problems we're faced with.

• Great people
• Cool tech
• Bright business opportunities/futures
• Fast pace

There is an increasing sense of toxicity coming from upper echelons of the company.

Right now, the growth stage the company is in (one of becoming a real company versus a startup) is suffering from mercurial leadership, micromanagement, and ruling by fear/intimidation.

It's a very uncomfortable place to be. The fear of retribution, coupled with a lack of seeing any positive change come from flagging concerns to leadership, has created an environment of extreme anxiety at most levels.

• Mercurial leadership
• Horrible vacation policy
• Stock options are weak (offer letter misleading)
• Lack of trust

• Trust your people.
• Don't blow your people up in a recorded meeting by throwing them under the bus, yelling, cursing, dropping f-bombs, blaming a couple of engineers, and then stating that the CEO and CTO could have done a better job.
• Stop leading through fear and intimidation.
• Quit with the micromanagement.
• Take anonymous feedback surveys from your employees.