CEO, despite decades in the business, knows little of the technology, common sense business practices and has no skill in dealing with employees.
Here are some key examples:
* Tons of useless meetings sometimes called in absentia by CEO (meeting chair told to have meeting)
* Employees on reduced salary (up to 50%) while new employees are hired at full salary
* Absolutely no business strategy, priorities constantly change
* Too many projects, squandered resources
* Bad relations with suppliers -- drops them at the first sign of problems, so no team work
* Ignorant and arrogant does not listen to subject matter experts
* Verbally abusive -- will attack your competence without seeming to have any at all
* Emotional (knee jerk decisions) -- has gone ballistic at meetings
* Employees hired and fired on a whim, a constant revolving door of people, most very competent
* No employee reviews -- your guess why you got fired or laid off
* No promotions -- guess no one stays on the good side long enough to get a promotion
* No raises -- plenty of pay reductions though
* No bonuses -- instead money is squandered on food and parties
* Seems unable to process information and make rational decisions
* Invests in a client projects without any written commitment from client, client often reneges
How this place has survived so far is a mystery. It is also a mystery why someone would invest in this company.