Anchore Reviews

Too much ego at the top and a CEO that has serious shortcomings that the rest of the leadership team must stop covering for. Between two significant rounds of layoffs in 2022 (and subsequent attrition), the company not only lost a majority of their competent talent and then blew their budget re-hiring and attempting to retain the remaining critical talent needed to keep the lights on. Very little transparency from the top down (internally "we're about to close a B-round!" and externally on LinkedIn about cash profitability whilst planning a significant RIF). The "core values" of kindness, ownership, and openness are all a smokescreen and are never actually at the core of any decision. There were (and still are) good, smart, kind people at this company, but with the current CEO in place, the company will continue to bleed out.

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