Great people, Poor leadership - Anonymous employee CircleCI Employee Review

There are very few leaders in leadership. Managers+ are promoted based on how long they have been there, and not based on any sort of merit (see pretty much ALL of the PeopleOps team). For a company that is as old as it is, there is such poor communication between departments. Nothing is documented, there are no proper metrics for success and growth, no training or development, and managers are completely clueless as to how to support their employees. The email announcing the layoffs (which we were PROMISED were not happening) was also cold and unfeeling- ChatGPT could have written it with more compassion.