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Oh wow, that sounds horrible. Do you have a sense of what motivates that behavior?

• annzabelle 29d ago
  The founder CEO (with a cult of personality) really believes that it is the way to "top tech talent." He comes from a management consulting background and tries to manage the software organization like they're consultants. Leads to a very bottom heavy organization, with a lot of juniors, many of whom get PIPed right as they're starting to become useful. It leads to high turnover with a lot of backstabbing, and very short term thinking because everybody is always focused on the next performance management cycle. It was really a bizarre place to work, because work-life balance was amazing, the benefits and vacation were great, but twice a year there was this insane hunger games. They really chilled out the performance management process from 2020 or so through 2023, so people who worked there then didn't always notice.
  • mannanj 28d ago
    Ah yeah that explains my experience a bit better. I was there in the COVID wfh time, 2020 or so, then rejoined 2024 when I experienced things not too unlike what you described. (except I joined as a principal, ~8-10 years of experience, and received backstabbing and lies from juniors and managers (edit and tech lead)). I don't recommend going to Plano, TX and joining the Auto Navigator product division.