DFINITY Reviews

The founder is very smart, but has shortcommings: - Does not listen - No empathy and no attempt to empathize - Highjacks meetings and talks over everyone else - Surrounds himself with "yes men" who rarely (never?) question his poor decisions - Does not trust his employees (especially new ones) - Seems to have no idea what he's doing outside engineering - Tries to solve every problem, when there are others more equipped to solve them - Doesn't use team wide communication tool (Slack) and unavailable to anyone lower than VP - Only empowers company engineers / scientists, leaving everyone else to feel 2nd class - Doesn't value what he doesn't understand (HR, customer service, marketing, design, product, relations, etc) yet acts like he knows it all or dismisses it outright - Has no idea how to give feedback let alone positive feedback - Has no idea why company values are important - Doesn't adhere to legal or marketing communication strategies when Tweeting, putting the org in legal jeopardy - Highly reactive to external pressures risking company strategy and focus - Constantly changes project owners halfway through projects - Spins up new projects expecting someone is available to lead them without hiring new people - Romantically embraces startup culture which is often hectic, inefficient, poorly managed, overly stressful, causes burnout, and usually fails - Although he is anti-corporate culture, his top down approach makes it feel like a corporation, just poorly managed