Very bad executive management - Sales Development Manager GitLab Employee Review

1.0
May 17, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Great co-workers that aren't in executive management Good work lifestyle

Cons

CEO will micromanage the entire company without giving anyone liberty to do the jobs that they are paid to do. If he is unhappy with what he deems as 'his way' you will be called into a video room without notice and let go, he does not even have the audacity to do it in person. Their severance package is horrible, they do not do matching 401Ks, and most of the company is in fear for being fired after all of the marketing layoffs they did without notice last year. They recently hired a new CMO that was let go without notice that came as an absolute shock to the entire company. Surprisingly, even though most of the sales team did not hit quota last year, they have never had layoffs. Those marketing employees that are, however, are let go without notice. CEO has no concept of sales, marketing, or HR and really should just be a developer. He is not fit to be a CEO of a company and has created a sense of terror in the company that all employees are talking about.

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