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Micro-management During Crisis

Senior Software Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at C3.ai for 4 years
March 17, 2020
Redwood City, California
1.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

I'm struggling to think of any.

Cons

Tom's internal email during the coronavirus crisis sums up this company and its management's attitude to its employees.

Working from home during this global health crisis is treated as a "perk". Instead of being sympathetic to the current situation and the stress it places on its employees, C3 decided to discourage people working from home unless mandated by the government. They also doubled down on their obsession with micromanaging their employees by asking them to report online to daily morning team meetings. Additionally, they required daily task status emails to account for how the 8 hours in a day was spent, on top of the existing innumerable status reports.

Employees have also been mandated to appear via video in these calls to ensure everyone is dressed professionally at all times when working from home and that they are not “distracted by family”. Tom Siebel’s disgust for people trying to manage their lives while in his employment could not be clearer.

If this sounds like the type of company you would like to work for, please sign up and leave your dignity at the door.

Advice to Management

None. Based on experience, no amount of feedback will make the management team change their style of working.

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