Email On Acid Reviews

The CEO Lack of leadership or middle-management Inconsistent application of core values High turnover No opportunity for growth Believe what the other reviews say about the CEO. Expect him to consider himself a subject matter expert in every aspect of the business. Expect to be micromanaged, disparaged, and told you don’t know anything about your field of expertise. His leadership is weak at best, in my opinion. Priorities change constantly. If you bring this up, expect to be told you just need to be able to pivot. He will turn on his executive team at the drop of a hat, so don’t expect them to protect you. And as an added bonus, any discussion of your difficulties with other coworkers will be considered talking behind his back and is a fireable offense. The company doesn’t empower people to lead. There is no middle-management, and a senior title means nothing because there is no power associated with it. There is only the CEO, executives, and everyone else. There is no opportunity for growth within the company. You will likely have to take more work on than your job title calls for, and you will not be rewarded or compensated beyond pithy praise. I’ve never worked at a company with such high turnover. People get fired all the time out of the blue. Though you will be expected to recite the core values at company-wide meetings (like a third-grader must with the Pledge of Allegiance), don’t expect those core values to mean anything. There is no communication, and I mean NONE. You’ll still sit through countless meaningless meetings that don’t add up to any valuable information and won’t get the information you need to know what is happening across the company or how it will affect your work. The company innovates by chasing down what competitors are already doing. Any passion you may have for the job is squelched by changing priorities and micromanagement. Don’t bother honestly voicing concerns as nothing will come from it.

The CEO thought of himself as a jack of all trades when, in reality, he only had experience in code. Whether it was UI, copy, marketing strategy or code, he could snuff out the fire in the most talented employee in their subject matter by simply saying, “no” when quality ideas were brought to light. There were even times where he would shame employees on the open floor for not agreeing with his methods.