If there was an award for horrible management, the 2 guys at the top would get it - Executive Curlec Employee Review

1.0
6 July 2023
Recommend
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Pros

The colleagues you work with are some of the nicest, most genuine people I have met.

Cons

Let’s start with the gaslighting. I would apply for leave (approved by my middle manager) only to be gaslit and guilt tripped into retracting it later by one of the founders (no names, but I see he’s got a nice modeling side gig going on). Only for said founder to go on a very lavish holiday a week later (company not doing great btw). The middle managers were brought in with the promise of autonomy and freedom only to realise that they just want yes man to carry out the founders bidding and to inflate their oversized egos. Forget about progression or actual learning opportunity because it’s rife with nepotism. And the only learning you get is learning how to do extensive damage control from the founders mistakes, and cleaning up their mess. Hard work is rewarded with pizza and never with increments. The founder’s ‘open’ discussion on increments only served as a platform to put you down. None of their decisions made any sense because it would change weekly and often contradict each other. Oh they also pretend to show all these fancy and great numbers, but they ignore that it was built on the burnt out, fatigued, frustrated overworked, SEVERELY underpaid employees. They also don’t bother with a KYC process, so the decision to decline some seriously questionable merchants was always overridden. Honestly I am actually clueless as to how they convinced someone to acquire them, my guess is the founders perfected the art of conning. Oh and if you want to know how great the product is, google the colossal screwup with StashAway. That is how amazing this bug infested product is (the tech team isn’t allowed enough time to go back to fix them) at the founders direction. I wouldn’t advise my worst enemy to join Curlec.

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5.0
28 Oct 2022
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Pros

The people at Curlec are incredibly welcoming and happy to help if you have any questions. I learnt an immense amount about coding and got a lot of great advice talking to colleagues further ahead in their careers. Its also very easy to reach out to the founders and C-suite; they’re incredibly hands on and great to work with. There is also a lot of trust in the workplace; didn’t experience any micromanaging.

Cons

Not a super structured internship so you have to have your own initiative to make the most out of it.

2.0
14 May 2025
Anonymous employee
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Pros

( Past tense ) Positive and collaborative work environment , particularly during the tenure of the former Co-Founder and CEO. Leadership style was non micro-managing, with openness to discussions and feedback. Positive environment to work in

Cons

under the new leadership, there appears to be a lack of clear strategic directions, with limited emphasis on long term growth and revenue priorities. the current leader often struggles with timely decisions making, with approvals frequently DELAYED. this person tends to dismiss alternative ideas, believing his approach is always correct and often implements changes unilaterally without prior communications or alignment. He can say 1 thing in meeting , different thing in email , another different thing in another session . His leadership style and actions raised concerns recent monthly All Hands meetings have seen questions raised but left unaddressed, leading to concerns about transperancy and communication. noticeable number of high performing employees have exited the company recently with indications that more departures may follow. While change is expected during the transitions, recent developments suggested the culture and leadership direction no longer align with what previously made the organization strong.

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