Pathetic products – the company launches one product after another that are touted as game-changers, most of these products eventually bomb and are swept under the carpet
High attrition – More than 100 employees have quit the company in the last 8 months due to the highly political, toxic work environment
Clueless leadership – Leadership team is incapable of fixing the many problems and taking the company to the next level; raising money from investors is one thing, building a world-class company is another
Juvenile and abusive managers – Employees with fancy degrees from IIT/ IIM/ Ivy Leagues and ex-consultants are made managers without assessing their people management skills
Poor business ethic and integrity – Company indulges in unethical practices like propagation of incorrect information and fabrication of reviews on Glassdoor :
1. Company strategically leaks misleading information about revenues, profitability, and investor interest in public to paint it in a flattering light
2. Company encourages fabrication of reviews on Glassdoor. Thanks to fake posts the rating on Glassdoor has increased from 2.7 in Aug-2014 to 3.5 in 2015…..nothing much has changed in the last 6 months or so……company continues to meander, attrition continues unabated….
Lack of well-defined roles and career path – Company is clueless about the way forward and changes its strategy every 5-6 weeks leading to frequent changes in roles; hiring is done on the spur of the moment without any thought about career path for the candidate
Toxic work environment – Highly political work environment; difficult to survive without boot-licking; unbiased/ objective opinion on culture, products, strategy is discouraged
Unfair intern policy – Company recruits interns at cheap wages promising them conversion and better salary after 3 months, HR then repeatedly extends the internship period under flimsy reason till the frustrated intern quits …
