The biggest problem at Legend is that it is so toxic that with the exclusion of a core few, everyone is either burned out or simply just doesn't care anymore. The don't care people are also usually astoundingly average at their jobs doing enough to stay under the radar but not so much that those remaining have to pick up the slack. Over-work and 60 hour+ weeks are glorified, as is weekend working, with some senior leaders using this as a justification to pay higher bonuses to the people they believe are doing this.
In a crisis (of which there has been a few) you saw the people who really stood up and did their best for the company. Most of them have gone now, or are leaving, which demonstrates that no one is truly valued unless they're shouting loudly about how good they are. Most of the senior team past and present were basically invisible during these times.
The senior team all dislike one another and have no respect for each other, this isn't an assumption, it is a fact based upon any time they spend together, they come back and complain about each other to their immediate teams. Senior leadership are all very immature inexperienced leaders (with the exception of the CTO) who all think they can do your job better than you can, so subject matter expertise counts for nothing here. One goes as far to completely ignore any companywide practises preferring to invent their own, from hiring, to delivery, product management, seo and engineering... their newsletter is so full of badly written posts and ill intent that it has more redactions than the Daily Mail.
The founder at his core wants to build an amazing and innovative culture, but that will never happen while he is surrounded by the all male team he has now. His greatest weakness is that he often acquiesces to the loudest voice in the room, or the person he most recently spent time with, so you may think you have a decision, but within a day he will have completely changed his mind based upon who he last spoke to.
If you want to know more about culture, ask why all of the Senior People team has recently disappeared, or the fact it took a year to replace a CPO and the replacement left within 5 months. No one cares about diversity or inclusion, although occasional lip service is paid to it.
There are people here with long tenure which would normally be a good sign, but don't be fooled, they all have good stock options and are waiting for a sale which would land them a lucrative pay out.
