I am writing this with the hope that the truth will surface so the culture can change for the better. The CMO Andrea Theodore is an absolute bully. She is manipulative, undermines people, is abusive (especially to direct reports), and is an assault to the company culture that the founder Andrew worked so hard to create. She is toxic to the organization and has created a culture of fear and intimidation amongst excellent high performing staff. She does not tolerate her employees needing a work-life balance, she is not open to opinions that differ from hers, she takes credit for ideas and work where none is deserved, and she is not afraid to berate people in front of others. Additionally, she acts as a dictator, lies compulsively, is an extreme micromanager, is intentionally cruel to people and fuels drama; all of which make Orgain a hostile workplace. The fear of formally speaking up resonates all the way up to staff of similar rank as her. Thus, employees stay silent and endure the abuse as I am currently doing for fear of retaliation. A number of colleagues have quit within the last few years expressly because working for or with her is so terrible and several more are teetering on the verge, including myself. Her ability to intimidate and coerce HR and the CEO into believing her narrative allows her to act with impunity. Unfortunately, she is not the first or only bully at the company as it is easy to either intimidate or be liked enough by the CEO to have immunity. Adding salt to a wound, there is rumor she is vying to be the successor to the CEO. This should absolutely not happen as she is unfit, toxic, and dangerous to good organizations like Orgain. If you see subsequent posts on Glassdoor dismissing my perspective, be dubious of their origin as they may be from or directed by her. I have no doubt this post will result in her trying to determine who wrote this post and squash the dissent internally through hostile and cruel tactics. In addition, the company was recently partially acquired by Nestle Health Sciences. The company-wide communication was that nothing would change and that Orgain would continue "business as usual". This was not true and people quickly found themselves without jobs or shuffled over to Nestle with little notice. This was gutting after hearing the CEO state "business as usual" and resulted in a lot of lost trust and fear for many for jobs. This chaos has yet to dissipate.
