Steer Clear. - Engineer Q5id Employee Review

Q5id is a nightmare. All competent employees quickly leave due to the inept and egotistical executives who demand unreasonable results from a product they don't understand and have no vision for. Several years and many millions of dollars spent and there is no viable product to speak of which can be blamed squarely on the unhinged executives. There was some genuine talent in the Q5 engineering team, but that is long gone and will never be replaced. The inability to hire talent at this company is beyond incompetency-it almost feels intentional. The only thing the CEO seems to have a knack for is duping investors, which means that they are able to pay well in order to retain the scraps of talent left on the team. PTO was measly and had stingy, unclear, and unforgiving policies on top of it. Do not trust promises made when you are interviewing, they will be broken. Remote work was promised but revoked on a whim. They really will hire anyone so if you need a placeholder job but don't mind fogging a mirror in a toxic and unproductive work environment, this might be the job for you. Otherwise, steer clear of this burning garbage pit of a company. If that wasn't enough to convince you, do a little research on the executives (Steve Larsen, CEO; Becky Wanta, CTO?) if you are considering Q5id. Aside from concerning political views that indicate the lack of a functioning prefrontal cortex, they both have a history of running tech companies into the ground. Steve Larsen loves to brag that he owns an airplane hangar which is mildly terrifying to me-- let's just hope he treats his planes better than his companies.