Bad Leaders Alwauys Results in Poor Results - Anonymous employee Notarize Employee Review

2.0
Nov 8, 2022
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Once upon a time - amazing leaders (Larry), team, energy, and competitive pay Clear product need in market

Cons

In early 2022, Pat brought in CFO Kartik Ramachandran initially to raise additional funding. Since then, Kartik became the de-facto CEO and an ineffective and emotionally unintelligent one at that. When the economy turned sour, Kartik took over go-to-market and, when CFOs takes over GTM, it became all about cost cutting. He had the whole company drop ALL balls that did not serve top 20 customers, set goals unrealistic in these economic conditions, and poorly communicated strategy and implementation to non-executives. The guy intimidated employees by raising his voice and talking over people during company-wide meetings. He clearly doesn't know much about the product and is terrible at change management. The same high-growth startup situation with leaders that don't know how to lead in tough economic situations. Employees should expect no loyalty or kindness when executives only protect their own piggy banks.

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5.0
Jun 1, 2026
Anonymous intern
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Pros

Great team. Very good energy around team and self accountability. Learned a lot working, and remote workplace felt accommodating.

Cons

Rare cases on tech malfunctioning like logins and permissions

2.0
Mar 29, 2026
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Pros

Great team of engineers and people there are solid. Pay is decent, benefits are also great. Huge plus for remote

Cons

Management is all over the place, It seems like they shift direction every year and don't know where the road is really headed. Climbing the company is strictly playing company politics and making sure upper engineering management has visibility to your work. There a lot of favoritism and would not recommend this place as a long term tenure position or for any career growth.

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