Technology Will Save Us Reviews

Against a background of high staff turnover and unrealistic company targets, staff - particularly junior staff - are encouraged to work long hours and to make the business and the work a core part of their lives, for no additional reward or acknowledgement. Those who manage to pull through end up digging their own graves - "exceptional" overwork becomes the rule due to the founders' inability to see that this is not a sustainable way to run a business. Numerous talented and capable "buffers" were hired in recent years to try to mitigate the operational and managerial failings of the founders, but they were driven or pushed away when it became clear that they were undermined or otherwise not empowered to make the necessary changes. Extensive lip service is paid to wellbeing, inclusion, and even work-life balance, but this flies out of the window at the first sign of stress or pressure: instead, these platitudes become another tool with which the founders can gaslight the employees into believing that staff wellbeing is in any way a priority. Similarly, the company "values" are used as bludgeons for getting the founders' way in almost the same breath that they are used as examples of a positive culture. Name a toxic startup trope - you will find it alive and well here.

Upper management was the worst I’ve ever encountered. Co-founders were deeply unprofessional, emotional and callous. Brought in a number of terrible hires that both damaged culture and trust. Pay was ridiculously low while expectations were high. A very extreme and pressurised work place, founders surrounded by yes people who eventually burn out and quit. Would be loved one minute and hated the next. Weird amount of values that only apply at discretion. Benefits are rubbish.