I have worked in places and this was no doubt an eye opener of what dysfunctional really means.
Toxic CEO behaviour as follows:
* Leads a culture of blame and fear
* Playing employees against each other to extract information and to remain in control (big problem for her) hence creating hostile environment and animosity and tension between the team
* Thrives on screwing people over (employees, contractors and more) - probably the worst trait of all
* Often aggressive and rude with employees
* Management style is ruling a kingdom not leading a company
* Information is held hostage, Lacks to communicate and there’s zero transparency
* Micromanages like crazy - pro tip > first thing you receive in your first weeks is how she’s disappointed with your performance and things can’t can’t continue this way
* Constantly changing focus and creating chaos as a result
* Huge ego and thinks is superior to the team
Whilst the CEO is very good at PR and charming any external people / investors (including you when she wants to hire you!) internally the company is a melting pot of doom.
All this selling of community (BS) she lacks creating and taking care of the most important community which is the team building the company! Ah the irony!!
Yes building a company is hard and growing it harder but this is not the issue at this company and more so no justification for the horrors that happen in the name of "All the usual chaos of early stage startup” (from "former review". Don’t be a fool!
Creating a shiny culture doc in a place starved of the most foundational values does not equate to a company with good culture.
