Leadership is the problem - Anonymous employee Pano Employee Review

1.0
Apr 1, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

-The people doing the day-to-day work are best in class -Cameras are effective and Pano has some top IOU clients

Cons

-Leadership is the WORST I've ever seen. CEO has no empathy for people, she leads with a fear-based style, she micromanages in the worst way possible, she berates people in front of others and will fire anyone that disagrees with her. There have been so many people that have left Pano due to her behavior- and the supposedly "co-founder" has no authority. -There is no HR at Pano so no one to advocate on the behalf of employees (just fractional HR that comes and goes) -Slow product innovation -leaders underneath the CEO are always frustrated- the distractions due to her behavior vibrate throughout the company which stalls work/innovation -Morale is very low -Top talent internally are passed up for promotions- or promotions are promised and never happen

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5.0
May 9, 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Awesome work culture even from a remote worker. Everyone at Pano cares from the bottom up all the way to the customers. Hearing how the technology impacts communities and saves lives is inspiring no matter how many times you hear it. Can’t speak to politics but it’s easy to tone out the noise when you focus on delivering a great product

Cons

startups are fast paced so it takes some time to get up to speed

2.0
Mar 30, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Great mission, product-market fit - Friendly and smart team (the folks actually doing the work)

Cons

- CEO is blatantly insecure, paranoid, micromanaging, controlling, and reactive. A ton of energy wasted just in managing her reactions. No room for diversity of thought; she fires people who disagree with her or see different data, rather than drawing from multiple perspectives or sharing good reasoning for decisions - Fear-driven culture — many leaders just go along with things even if they privately disagree - In certain parts of the company, no support for growth due to leadership chaos - Low-performing teams due to leadership bottlenecks and thrash. Leadership process still immature in setting goals and running performance process - Getting basic tools that are industry standard for other products, take forever because leadership is so fear-driven. Innovation pace is slow

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