Completely ineffective leadership! - Anonymous employee Speechmatics Employee Review

1.0
3 May 2025
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Safe and friendly office environment. People avoid any kind of drama and tend to mind their own business. Smart colleagues.

Cons

The company has completely inadequate leadership. There is no steer, no forward looking strategy to tackle the rapidly growing sense that we have become a commodity. We keep pushing Conversational AI when all of our revenue still comes from ASR. We are sitting ducks and the leadership pretends like everything is going to plan. Why has the CEO not been replaced yet? Whatever the reviews say here, there is not a single person I know that has any faith in the management. Get rid of the CEO, and the CSO who has been here for over 10 years now, find some industry experts to come onboard who can set a real vision and bring a fresh perspective. We just need real change.

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Speechmatics Response
1y
Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We’re glad to hear you’ve found the office environment to be safe, friendly, and filled with smart colleagues - those are qualities we deeply value and strive to maintain consistently. Trust in leadership is critical to our success. Whilst we may not agree with the points raised, we recognise the importance of transparency, adaptability, and clear communication; especially in a fast-evolving AI sector like ours. At Speechmatics, evolving our strategy and making bold decisions are part of driving meaningful progress. From strengthening our core ASR offering to innovating in Conversational AI, we’re focused on building a business that can grow sustainably. This can mean leadership changes or strategic shifts along the way - decisions we make carefully and with long-term impact in mind. We recognise that this kind of dynamic environment isn’t for everyone, but it’s central to how we move forward. We would welcome a more in-depth conversation to better understand your perspectives and shared enthusiasm for the success of Speechmatics.

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Speechmatics Response
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Thank you for taking the time to feedback, it's great to see the power of our product is shining through. Our culture is important to us, we are a 'people first' business, so it's great to see this impacting positively in your team work.
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