Weird mix of old, micromanagement, and risk-averse culture
Weird mix of old, micromanagement, and risk-averse culture
Working from home since the COVID situation started.
I started about 4 months ago during the pandemic situation.
Culture at Roku is really weird. Too much micromanagement by engineering managers. No freedom to execute. Really bad functioning program managers in the mix.
Very risk averse and old school. Product managers come with "a new idea" which is already cracked by Firestick or Chromecast.
Saw some people disappear / fired, and no one wants to talk about it.
Train your management on how to effectively lead and not micromanage employees.
Replace old-school management. Some come from legacy industries who have no idea how to run a tech company.
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