MD is a great business manager, but terrible man-manager
Pros
Interesting work with plenty of foreign travel. Some good people there too.
Cons
Some senior staff close to MD are backstabbers. MD manages using telepathy. You need to be able to read his mind to work out HIS priorities (not necessarily the correct priorities!) He cannot communicate other than to berate you for something you didn't realise he wanted you to do. MD has many good qualities - foresight, drive, hard-working. He is a great business builder. He just really, really sucks at managing people - especially technical people. This creates stress. Mountains of stress! I was there for some years. I floated out of the company when I was let go. Stress of working there had given me alopecia. Took two years to recover. I knew I was being replaced, my job not being made redundant as they claimed. Could have sued for unfair dismissal, but didn't want to harm the company or former colleagues by hitting company financially. Looking back, I wish I had.