Klarna

• Everyone is very good, technically and as people, and the peasants like us support each other.
• The office is quite nice.
• Benefits are not bad.

• All the upper management seems lost. They say things, and then roll back, with no time to develop stuff, and super tight deadlines.
• There's a clear discrepancy of "us vs them" and an almost cult-like culture to the CEO.
• Since the union and CBA agreements, the company looks like it's driven by an evil mastermind that is plotting against all the employees just like in dystopic movies.
• All the things that are done "for the employees" are just a facade for more work.
• You can't trust any of the words from upper management because whatever they say, it will almost always be reverted and go back to haunt everyone.
• They are slowly making the place impossible to work so people quit since they've been on the AI tour for no reason at all.
• The core principles are amazing on paper, but don't translate in reality.
• Salary is VERY low. A quick market search will show Klarna pays at least 20% less than everyone else and covers it up in "on calls".
• RSUs and stock options are monopoly money.

Start thinking about your employees as people, not as numbers. Stop the hype for everything that is shining, and look for how you can improve the company from the inside rather than showing gold for stakeholders.

And please, stop worshiping Sebastian like a god.