Pros
Opportunity to learn about the reforestation and carbon market measurement, verification and reporting - growing skills in climate data
Cons
Unfortunately had a poor experience working with co-founder with one of the most unkind, rude and passive aggressive behaviours I’ve encountered in a workplace environment. Sadly as this is a startup, HR is merely a risk manager for the company’s reputation. I’ve witnessed numerous incidents where a cofounder said flipping the table, getting an ego bruised only to introduce a “bro-proved” emoji the following day on slack, and called a team member out just because an informal meet and learn meeting that was conducted without him has greatly “bothered him”. BroTopia male ego run rampant here at times, with a few senior members trying to patch holes in a sinking ship of a toxic culture. It’s true that a few members have been given the boot because they were blamed for the failures of an overloaded development team who are expected to build within a chaotic and disorganized paper napkin sketched solutions with a lack of discovery and user research. Nepotism & tendency to throw money at making hiring decisions of consultants without caring about team members concerns & professional development leads to burnout and heightened anxiety about restructuring. Diversity and inclusion is also lacking in that only one member of the leadership team is a woman, with HR also complicit in using employees invisible disability against them.
