leadership lacks accountability and innovation - Anonymous employee DeepL Employee Review

2.0
5 Jun 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- work life balance - work from abroad

Cons

- lack of accountability. There’s a wannabe ethos of move fast and break things, but you’ve got to move fast smartly. Leaders make bad decisions (expensive low roi customer conference, launching vaperware ‘agentic labs’ and a poor mans agentic offering) and none of those leaders are held accountable, it’s just the doers who were fired. - antiquated tech. The product output ie translation is best in class but it feels like a product designed from the 00s. The tech systems used by the employees also seems outdated and clunky. This is not an innovative scale up, it will feel like joining SAP - whiny Germans. Colleagues generally whine and complain about everything, that pessimistic attitude is a downer. - Robot CEO. Has a history of firing people or teams and not thinking he needs to manage the fallout and is somehow surprised when people are not ok with a major change. After a major layoff held an all hands where he talked roadmap and BAU and didn’t address the elephant in the room. Do you really need a leadership Coach to tell you, you have to sit through the slog of uncomfortable questions and emotional employees? You’re the CEO.

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5.0
29 May 2025
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Pros

Great collaboration and team environment Everyone is so open and friendly and willing to lend a hand Fun and engaging culture

Cons

Working for a European company takes some adjustment with time zone difference and working styles but it is easy to navigate.

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DeepL Response
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Thank you for your feedback! We’re thrilled to hear that you enjoy the collaboration and friendly culture within the team. We’re committed to fostering an engaging environment and appreciate your positive insights!
2.0
2 Apr 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Based on reviews, the company is up and coming and seems to have potential. People are really down to earth and seem to have fun...some times too much fun!

Cons

Lots of layers of leadership Can't trust HR - don't listen to all sides So many people from Twillio, the company should be called DeepL-Twillio

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