Terrible Culture, Terrible Leadership Team - Product Manager NowPurchase Employee Review

I am the CTO/CPO here at NowPurchase and I would like to take full accountability of this experience and provide clarification. At the crux of it as a leader it is my responsibility to ensure that my reportees have a good experience and go on to do amazing things in life. In that regard there is a clear failure on my end. * It is true that we provide a salary at or above market standards, but only to those who show promise and potential. * It is also true that I pursued him for months for his incredible passion and potential. * He has been great at doing design all his career, but my bet in him taking the helm of product management for the first time in his career did not work out. That poor judgement is solely on me. * This only means that he and I were not a good fit for each other. There are employees who transitioned out of NowPurchase and went on to do very well in their next organization. We treat them with respect and continue to maintain good relationships with them. * As we are growing rapidly we are building structure on the fly, and never on day one. That poses a challenge to those people who thrive in a very well defined and structured enviroment. As a potential hire, you should be aware that you'll have to heavily improvise in this time. * One clear thing is as long as you show up to work and honor your commitments nobody will question what you do with your time. * The vision here is quite simple - the metal manufacturing industry is at a low productivity in India and no entrepreneur/organization is solving it at a meaningful scale. * Our job is to get talent and startups very interested in this sector and start moving the industry forward. In this effort if we make a valuable company, it would be great. * I am extremely proud of my team; they are very fresh in the industry and push their boundaries like no other that I have seen in my career. They are the reason I wake up and come to work - they call out my BS ideas at the drop of a hat! * NIPHA is our sister concern that have their own manufacturing unit - we voraciously learn from them, and even have a full-time mentor from there. That treasure trove of knowledge is what got us so far within 3 years of a pivot. Building something absolutely new and unheard of it in an industry nobody cares of now is going to be difficult and messy. Do join us if you are up for that challenge. We are going to make mistakes on the way, and during this time I can guarantee one thing - for you to call out our mistakes, and have your voice be heard. Regards.