- Leadership neither understands how to scale nor believes it's necessary. This mindset has become the biggest obstacle to any real progress.
- Intense micromanagement with no consistency. Priorities change constantly, communication is messy, and expectations are unclear. It gets so disruptive that most work become guesswork and damage control.
- Plus, the product itself suffers from tons of legacy decisions. In result, things move 10x slower than normal and even simple features turn into turn into exhausting projects.
- For sure every org has an “inner circle” and it’s understandable. But some individuals abuse this status to make others’ job a lot harder. This situation has persisted despite being well-known internally.
- Psychological safety is an issue. Feedback is officially welcomed, but it’s often met with defensiveness so there's point doing so. Also expect public mockery and childish/unprofessional behavior.
- Layoffs have occurred more than once, and there are growing concerns about company’s financials.