Toxic Work Environment with Narcissistic Management - Anonymous employee Koinly Employee Review

1.0
13 Apr 2023
Anonymous employee
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Pros

You'll learn what's not acceptable in a country management, it's a great case study to be able to identify extremely poor leaders.

Cons

My experience was made terrible by gaslighting and narcissistic management who added no value to the team and only contribution was by making the environment toxic and unbearable. This management was manipulative, dishonest, and constantly paranoid about losing control. This APAC management would attempt to take credit for any team successes but blame individuals for own failures. Added no value, offered no real hard skills, technical knowledge, process input, sales acumen.. truly a net negative for the business. The strangest thing was management even had an EA that was an excessive expense to the business.. This EA would often be found taking long breaks on the balcony or burning sage around the office. For your own mental safety, avoid at all cost.

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5.0
22 Dec 2025
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Flexible setup is more about getting things done than about warming up a chair. Everyone in the team seems to be responsible and good humans. The product is good and solves a real issue, making it a better experience than working for a silly tool no one needs. Good opportunities, good moment to be in the industry

Cons

Little communication, sometimes you feel a bit lonely, but the truth is people are there if you ask. Is just more silent than other places I have been and it's more about figuring things out. They are still structuring management and there seem to be some changes in place in a good direction, but there is still work to do.

1.0
18 Apr 2024
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Pros

The team was hard-working, strong and collaborative. Team Leader was good. Unfortunately, he wasn't respected by management. His counsel wasn't regarded and he was regularly kept in the dark in relation to information that was critical to his team's performance and future.

Cons

Leadership was non-existent. Team Leaders and managers weren't consulted or included in decision-making by the CEO. Benefits would be rug-pulled with no communication. Zero transparency or respect. Hard work isn't rewarded. Management constantly engage in lip-service and actively lie to staff. The CEO cares nothing for his employees.

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