What was once an exciting and innovative organisation, has now become the failing and directionless company that is unable to perform simple tasks. Maybe it is the inexperienced CEO or the rarely seen head of People Ops, but the organisation has created a culture of hostility and fear where no one dare challenge any rules. Though they send out lots of internal surveys, no one dares answer them honestly for fear of retribution. You can see the bullying culture beginning to grow, with senior managers using their titles to talk down to staff whilst also looking to harvest people’s ideas as their own. Everything is top down, innovation is seen as a challenge, but this is probably due to the fact there are now so many senior managers across the business they have to justify their role. Innovation is blocked at every turn by a senior manager in a some department who wants their voice heard, yet contributes very little to the conversation. The atmosphere is at a all time low with multiple members of staff handing their notice in and people generally being unhappy. Mental health is at a low, people are stressed and worried and yet the exec team ignore it all and tell us how wonderful things are. Matillion is a culturally sinking ship, unfortunately the rats at the top are not abandoning it.