Gaslighting CEO, manipulation, lies, and missing 401k - Anonymous employee Ava Employee Review

1.0
13 Sept 2024
Anonymous employee
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Pros

None other than the poor people I work with

Cons

The CEO is a manipulative and malicious person who takes advantage of everyone he works with. He regularly gaslights people and guilt-trips them into doing unnecessary tasks that he considers more important than anything else they were working on, even when the entire leadership team disagrees with him. In addition to this, our paychecks are starting to get delayed, and the CEO has only addressed this issue once—just a day before payday! Even worse, the company has been deducting 401(k) contributions from employees, including myself, but the contributions from the last four pay periods have not been deposited into our 401(k) accounts, despite being taken out of our salaries. Lastly, we have a large team of contractors in the US and France who typically receive their paychecks five days late. However, this month it’s been 13 days, and they still haven’t been paid! When one of them complained about this in Slack, the CEO deleted their message. In short, stay away from this company.

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5.0
23 Nov 2022
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Pros

Amazing company. Interview process was fantastic and provided a great feel for the company culture. Everyone was welcoming and fully supports one another + offers help and insight. Communication has been great and everyone really values community with one another.

Cons

None, if you're self motivated and an independent worker you will thrive.

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1.0
1 Jun 2026
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Pros

Startup “Unlimited time off” (not really)

Cons

• didn’t get paid on time • not truly unlimited PTO • bad leadership with poor direction The list is long but just read the other reviews

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