1.0
Jun 5, 2026
Toxic culture overshadowed by internal politics and control
Current employee, more than 1 year
Sydney
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook
Pros
I can't think of anything
Cons
The culture has changed a lot. What used to feel like a growing startup has now become overly political, with too much energy spent on control, positioning, and internal alliances. At times it feels like a corporate version of Game of Thrones. The Product team undermine anything they cannot directly control, while senior operations leadership appears to be playing its own political game around the founder/CEO. The CPO/COO dynamic can feel less like healthy executive alignment and more like a Survivor-style pact to maintain influence. The result is a workplace where people become cautious, guarded, and distracted from the actual work.