Roku

Free food and a new campus that's just been built.

The middle management, especially the directors who have been at Roku for five plus years, do not have Roku's best interest in mind. Anthony creates a "What Makes a Great Manager at Roku" in Confluence and lists having Roku's best interest in mind as a bullet item. However, the middle managers are more interested in looking good to Anthony rather than releasing product with high quality. Engineers who have high quality in mind but need to ruffle feathers to ensure quality are looked down upon as not collaborative.

Some team managers hire people they have worked with in the past, who are more like minions to them rather than people suitable for the jobs. These minions are given first priority on bonus, compensation increases, promotions, stock grants, and better seating when they move to the new campus. These benefits are not based on how valuable they are as Roku employees, but how much of a "minion" and subservient they are to middle management. This is what counts for compensation increases and better seating in the new campus.

Anthony is not aware of this. These same managers say Anthony is a brutal, dictatorial leader behind his back, yet seem to suck up to him in front. Anthony is therefore oblivious of this.

Anthony is a visionary leader with great insights into the industry. True, he can be fixated at times, but his guidance has always been a good thing in projects. However, he does not see through the vile behavior of his reports. Anthony has high IQ but low EQ because, though he founded a great company, he does not see through vile behavior from the directors who have worked at Roku for more than 5 years.

Unfortunately, the engineers who feel this way are too scared to go and talk to Anthony Woods.

Advice to Anthony.

You're a visionary leader who started this great company 17 years ago. Please round yourself out and look out for these third-rate directors who have been at Roku for five years, who hire people that are not worthy of Roku and are just in it to get ahead in their careers and do not have Roku's best interest at heart.