Shiny from the outside, toxic on the inside
Shiny from the outside, toxic on the inside
Tonnes of perks: SWAG, lots of monetary benefits.
It's big, so maybe you can shuffle to find a team you like.
- Toxic top-down culture: Leadership says a lot of pretty words, but they don't actually want your feedback.
- The toxicity is driven by the CEO.
- Mandatory on-call.
- Weird imbalance between "how good we say we are, and what we say we can do" versus what we can actually get done.
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