Toxic leadership and culture - Anonymous employee Sportradar Employee Review

1.0
29 Oct 2024
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Can’t think of any positives

Cons

- They call themselves a sports technology business but it’s a betting business with a betting culture - The leadership team have no decision making rights or delegated authority, all is dictated by the CEO who runs the company by point to point Zoom calls - The company has no strategy, instead what happens depends on the mood of the CEO on the day - Even the Board is toothless since the CEO controls the majority of the votes and he does what he likes - The US business is neglected and everything centres around Europe - Staff and management turnover is incredibly high so there is no continuity - The list goes on….

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Pros

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Cons

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Cons

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