-CEO's behavior blocks and tarnishes company operations
-Bloated leadership team (too many VPs on the dance floor) by design, diffuses accountability
-Technology company with administrators and salespeople outnumbering technology team members (no CTO, no chief architect)
-Effort focused on fundraising vs. building anything
-Internal drama
-Lack of diversity
-Doing well at a role, one runs the risk of being sidelined or terminated UNLESS the role is to placate and flatter executives
-Merit increases are not based on merit
-Ethical violations abound in hiring and firing “processes”