Catastrophic leadership, extremely toxic work environment! - Anonymous employee Product Hunt Employee Review

1.0
5 Jul 2023
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The benefits are great, but no one uses them since they're all busy killing themselves over work and being aggressive with each other.

Cons

The CEO is completely lost (nothing changes in her absence) and everyone is running around in circles and stepping onto each other toes with an absolute lack of business direction and strategy. Employees are always afraid of getting fired and nobody trusts anyone. It's the most toxic environment I've seen, with constant fights and aggressive attitudes all over the place. Days are incredibly long and HR must think they can buy employees with more benefits. Unlimited vacation policy is a total BS and I bet 99% of the people would leave if given the chance. Think twice before applying for this company.

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Cons

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Cons

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Product Hunt Response
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Apologies for not seeing/responding to this sooner. We are sorry to hear about your experience as this is not the culture we aim to cultivate here at Product Hunt. A layoff is painful, especially for those affected and unfortunately, you were in that group. As you know, we had a shift in leadership and with that change, we made some tough decisions regarding our team to set Product Hunt up for long term success. We wish you and everyone else affected in the layoff had had the opportunity to see how different things are now, but unfortunately, that wasn’t possible. We know this is a hard transition, and are here to support however we can through this next phase as you find your next role, so please don’t hesitate to reach out.
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