An incredible team hindered by the CEO. Do not work here - Anonymous employee Chatloop Employee Review

1.0
Mar 4, 2025
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- An interesting product built by a highly talented team of great people, who are held back at every opportunity by the know it all CEO, who is incapable of leading a team unless it is into the ground. - Great office environment. (Until the bills haven't been paid)

Cons

- Every workday at Chatloop is truly different, because the CEO can't stick to one idea for longer than 24 hours. Constantly flip-flopping between ideas based on nothing more than how he is feeling or "This is what X is doing". - New ideas and creativity are stifled and your true potential will not be realised. - Months of unpaid wages for employees. Current and ex-employees lied to by the CEO about cash flow issues and when payroll will land. "It will be sorted tomorrow" being the moto. - Short tempered, insecure CEO who will flip at the smallest thing, with a history of threatening past and present employees, physically and legally.

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1.0
Jun 18, 2025
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Some genuinely talented and supportive people across teams. - The product had potential, and the original vision was compelling. - At one point, the culture felt collaborative, though that eroded quickly.

Cons

- Serious financial issues - salary payments for several employees remain outstanding months later. Several employees, including myself, are pursuing legal action to recover these unpaid commitments. - No transparency - there was little to no communication about the missing pay or the company’s financial position. - Unpaid suppliers and contractors, adding to broader concerns about solvency and business integrity. - Leadership was chaotic and reactive, the CEO frequently changed direction without clarity or follow-through. - Many of the glowing reviews here appear suspiciously timed or insincere — take them with caution.

5
1.0
Apr 5, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

It WAS and exceptional team of talented individuals.

Cons

Due to the CEO's appalling financial mismanagement and definitively illegal behaviour the company is now a hollow shell. Making staff redundant and then simply not paying them any redundancy or notice, to threats of violence when staff resigned, to not paying the majority of the staff for two months, claiming a "temporary" cash flow issue. Suffice to say anyone with any dignity or self respect has left or will be leaving. Many are pursuing legal action to recover what they are owed. Meanwhile the CEO continues to pretend to the world, and worst of all his customers and investors that all is well. The man has no shame, no honour and no ability to run a business.

10
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