Ship's been sinking for over a year now - Anonymous employee Giving Assistant Employee Review

Those good people probably won't be given the room and permission to do much. They definitely aren't being given room to actually help people. I was laid off many months ago (huge, barely justifiable layoff right before the holidays no less) but am simply hopping on the review bandwagon here to give other brave reviewers a lift. You would not BELIEVE the people they laid off. People who built the product FROM SCRATCH. In other words, they fired people who built this super rad charity-supporting spaceship like "Hey OMG nice ship!! I'm just gonna take it now, thanks byeeeee", got in the driver's seat like "lol how hard could this possibly be?" then they got the ship in a tail spin and started looking around at everyone else like "alright which one of you dum dums put the ship in a tailspin cause we're expert spaceship driver's so it CeRtaiNly cOuLdN't be US!!" Moving on, anything you've read about the COO (initials KR) is true. I felt it the MOMENT I met her, but didn't want to believe it, because I genuinely, genuinely believe most people are good, and tend to blame myself for any of negative, first-impression gut feelings I might get. Like, maybe that person was just tired or shy or whatever. But as soon as I finished my first meeting with her, I got off the call and told my partner: "Something's up with that lady." The insecurity was palpable, and to be honest I wanted to just make her feel comfortable. I wanted her to know she didn't have to impress anyone here. If you were with GA, we already knew you were hired because you were amazing and we just trusted each other. It was obvious she wasn't going to trust me or anyone. She brought a friend in with her who took over a role that 1000% should have gone to someone else who had actually been there for a really long time (blatant nepotism). I actually have a feeling the person who brought her in was surprised and disappointed by it too. (I hope so.) Thing is, KR isn't dumb — she's not bad at marketing. She knows things. She's got an edge. As a leader though? ... and COO? ... Of a B corp? So, yeah, this person isn't super great in their role, but you know what? I never really got to know them as a human or see what was in there, and I'm sure there was something redeemable. There always is. I believe in people, and I believe "hurt people hurt people." I'm sad for her and others, but sadness helps us grow. I have compassion for people who hurt others because I know that doesn't happen unless that person themselves was also hurt at some point, and I wouldn't wish that on anyone. As for Tom, I only sat through one meeting where he said there wouldn't be layoffs...and then there were layoffs. During that meeting an employee and I were texting each other literally LOLing at how placating he was speaking to us all, not even directly answering our questions. Good news is he was/is apparently also a first grade teacher — and based on how he spoke to a room full of adults, he is probably really good at that and should stick to it. That's a compliment. The world needs more teachers. If you DO take a job here: 1. If you're good close friends with upper management/hella rich, don't worry, you'll be fine. 2. If you aren't, then find the good ones and stay near them. You will LOVE THEM always. Be the change you want to see. Also if you get laid off after working there almost 5 yrs, severance will be barely a month's pay, despite the fact that there's enough money just in board members' pockets alone to cover an additional 2 months and none of them would ever even feel it. So charitable!