Mad Collective Reviews

It is with great disappointment that I express my current sentiments about the company's trajectory. While it once thrived as a vibrant and promising workplace, the decision-making and leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic have led to a significant decline in many aspects of the organization. Company's CEO and founders failed to seize the opportunity to introduce obviously necessary improvements, thereby since the challenges appeared the true nature of the CEO and founders emerged. The beautiful values that were once promoted within the company turned out to be nothing more than illusory facade, cynically employed as a superficial motivational tool rather than genuinely embraced principles. The decision-making process was plagued by incompetence of CEO and former VP of Product Strategy, the philosophies applied and imposed by the founders were outdated since they persistently believed that what worked for them a decade ago can be successfully applied in current state. Consequently, there has been a consistent decline in many areas and enormous pressure on all the teams without any allocation of necessary resources. The CEO has been absent from the forefront of the company's main product for more than 2 years and his communication was exclusively with the executive team and founders. It is only when faced with mounting challenges that he reluctantly initiated closer interactions with line managers and employees, revealing himself to be a narcissistic imposter. Frequently boasting about his past position at Expedia, he offers no substantive or competent ideas to rectify the current challenges. This has created an environment where talent and innovative ideas take a backseat and employees are suffering forcibly deployed micro-management, contradicting all the preached values, leaving them disillusioned and demotivated.

The work environment is severely toxic, with senior leadership positions filled primarily by close friends of the two founders. There is a total absence of strategic planning and basic best practices. The overall incompetence of the leadership has led the company to drift and engage in heavy downsizing measures, including layoffs, widespread contract suspensions, and, obviously, massive voluntary departures.