Toxic coworkers, depressing work environment, zero company growth - Content Writer ideaTree Employee Review

ideaTree is a business incubator, so it has several startup companies under its umbrella, including eatOS (POS machines) and influenc (their failed attempt of an influencer marketing agency). To be honest, I don't know how they manage to stay in business, because their product/idea is nothing special. The entire time I worked there, they were so stagnant and, if anything, they're going downhill. The CEO is a snobby, nitpicking and gets upset if you don't do things the exact way he wants it the first time around. All the employees look like they're walking on eggshells when they're around him; they even fake-laugh at his jokes out of fear. I know this because 1) no offense, but he's objectively not funny and 2) you can barely understand what he says through his thick Indian accent. Bad leader = bad company culture. I honestly always wondered why some of the engineers there stuck around, because the higher-ups would often talk down on them/yell at them if they made mistakes or weren't working fast enough. Instead of yelling at your employees, motivate them to do better. And then there was this one white girl there who would hire all of her friends to work there as well, and together, they formed a little posse and gossiped every day; very toxic environment. They would post job listings and openly criticize the applicants' cover letters and physical appearances lol. It felt very mean girls-esque, almost as if they were trying to relive high school because they had nothing better going for themselves in their sad little lives. Btw: Unless you're an engineer, your work there will be, pretty much, useless because it's going absolutely nowhere. No offense, but I think it's so funny that, over a year later, their little "influencer marketing agency," and business as a whole, still hasn't taken off. I wonder why LOL. I got laid off because they have no money lmao, and I'm really glad that happened because I've moved onto better things. TLDR: - Poor "leaders"/role models - Cliquey/toxic coworkers - Micromanagement (They record your computer screen) - Zero benefits - Cramped office/open layout