Management Needs Management - Management Product Hunt Employee Review

1.0
8 July 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

While the benefits are incredible, they cannot compensate for the ongoing chaos caused by management's irrational decision-making, which instills a deep sense of fear amongst employees. Management seems to believe employees don't talk amongst each other, but we do, and we are scared of whats going on.

Cons

People working at PH are well-aware and fearful of the fact that now several employees have been fired without any reason or warning. We talk. Everyone is walking on eggshells, busting their butts, trying to avoid becoming the next victim while simultaneously knowing that despite their hard work they can still get booted tomorrow. What makes things even worse for longtime employees is that these people are being replaced with even less competent newcomers which is descending the company into even more turmoil. Decisions from the top change on a dime and people are expected to take on WAY too much.

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5.0
22 Dec 2023
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Pros

Professional, friendly, supportive team. Healthy work environment.

Cons

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2.0
13 Oct 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good benefits, mostly async work

Cons

The previous CEO cared nothing about anything except stakeholders, not even the app itself, or users or employees, only how to share good reports with nice numbers. Then the new CEO fired most of the company in 1 day to replace everyone with his buddies. And they did it in a particularly weird way: made a 2-minute call saying "many will be laid off, we'll let you know, bye" and then everyone in the company waited for 3 hours to know whether they were on the list or not. Pretty much like Squid Game, can't think of a more obvious way to say "we don't care about you all".

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Product Hunt Response
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Apologies for not seeing/responding to this sooner. We are sorry to hear about your experience as this is not the culture we aim to cultivate here at Product Hunt. A layoff is painful, especially for those affected and unfortunately, you were in that group. As you know, we had a shift in leadership and with that change, we made some tough decisions regarding our team to set Product Hunt up for long term success. We wish you and everyone else affected in the layoff had had the opportunity to see how different things are now, but unfortunately, that wasn’t possible. We know this is a hard transition, and are here to support however we can through this next phase as you find your next role, so please don’t hesitate to reach out.
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