Co-Founder is the problem - Anonymous employee New Classrooms Employee Review

1.0
27 Jan 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good benefits, everyone is friendly, casual dress code

Cons

Younger co-founder micromanages every employee he manages (even down to the color of an event on his calendar), refuses to relinquish any control, and is very contradictory. He tends to say one thing or ask you to do something, but then change his mind or think he's telepathically told you what he really wanted so that when he comes back to you about it he wonders why you didn't what he actually wanted. It can be maddening. When something is 98% working, he tends to focus (obsess) on the 2% that isn't, therefore slowing down everything in the process. He also tends to speak in metaphors and abstract concepts without being direct. In other words, he has extremely poor communication skills.

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Cons

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Cons

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