Narcissistic CEO, fear culture, layoffs, lack of direction
Pros
The people here are amazing. Everyone is very motivated and hardworking, which makes for a great office environment.
Cons
Honestly I'm a bit confused by all the positive reviews. Sure the people are great and we've had positive growth, but over the last few months, the intensity has increased and the culture is heavily driven by fear. The CEO Alex Kinnier is an arrogant narcissist. He's not a personable, inspiring leader. He makes people feel inadequate. Even clients find him off-putting. There have been several rounds of layoffs... we just had another one yesterday. And not just mid-level associates... he's fired several execs and VP's too, seemingly out of nowhere. Kinnier even went as far as to move his desk to the middle of the office so he can have more oversight into what the "underlings" are doing. There have been some challenges with product adoption in certain verticals which has put pressure on growth and revenue goals, but that's not a reflection on employee performance, it's an issue with the product and business model. There are talks of changing our go to market strategy and evolving the product in a different direction, but these decisions feel very impulsive. The intense energy is putting people on edge. Even if you are working hard and producing results, it still feels like you are under a microscope to prove your worth.
