This is the most business first & single Founder led company I have ever worked for and sadly employee experience & wellbeing is a very late after thought. Having gone a full year without investing adequately in the People fuction and with no People champions having a seat at the all important exec table ~ the impact is being felt.
People are doing all they can to keep up with the constant changes in leadership, staff, direction, expectations and ways of working however it's exhausting. Yes change is normal within fast growth startups but not in such a frenetic, single minded, disjointed and forceful manner.
Collaboration and cohesion are lacking throughout and growth by acquisition has naturally caused its challenges. C-Level leaders have recently joined from very large corporates, and naturally bought their "A team" in; a culture clash and US centric style and approach is developing which just isn't for everyone, nor what many signed up for.
