The work environment is toxic and demoralizing and leadership has created a culture of disrespect and lies.
Communication is poor and manipulative - leadership lacks transparency and they kept promising that big changes were coming but nothing actually happened. For example, they claimed Series A funding was ‘just around the corner’ for 4 years but never managed to close it.
Favoritism is rampant - promotions and opportunities are given based on personal relationships, not merit or performance.
Feedback is rarely constructive - it was used to tear people down, creating a culture of blame and defensiveness
High turnover - talented people have quit and leadership does little to understand or address the root causes