Deepgram

Deepgram has a great product with great market share and great finances. They are well positioned to continue to dominate the voice market, and the product really works and the tech is strong. Many ICs are some of the smartest people who you will ever meet, and there are many wonderful people that contribute to a strong culture despite leadership.

Nepotism, sexism, and racism are quite deeply ingrained in the company culture, meaning some people are given high titles and praise while you are pulling their weight, while others work constantly and very effectively only to see little success.

The people and the loyalty they feel to the company and each other is the company's greatest asset, and yet leadership does not recognize this.

Many people feel undervalued and unappreciated despite contributing to major deals, working around the clock, or being the hero on a major project. Many people have developed serious health issues due to the stress of working for Deepgram.

The leadership team excelled at running a 50 person company and we made it work with 100 people, but the current team is not the right group to lead the company in its current form. Half of leadership is running the company like it's AWS, the other half like it's still a tiny startup. The lack of alignment with each other causes so many downstream problems. I don't see how the company can succeed without a complete change at the leadership level.

Many of the senior leaders are very checked out of the day-to-day, spending time on pet projects instead of strategy or leadership. At such a critical time of growth for the company this is deeply concerning.