Toxic Positivity, Terrible Management, and Everything That's Wrong with Startups - Anonymous employee StoragePug Employee Review

This was truly one of the most awful work experiences I've ever had. This company is run by a person with literally zero communication skills, no idea how to manage people, and genuinely does not care about the people he hires and how his decisions affect them and their lives. In the last year, they have fired an absurd number of employees, (and there are only 18 people working here ) and had no legitimate reason for firing any of them. They were all excellent hard working people that any company would be lucky to have. Their decision to keep you or fire you, is completely arbitrary. I am not exaggerating when I say that more than once during my time here, they walked into an employee's office while they were preparing for a meeting, told that person it was their last day and escorted them out of the building with no explanation. This is wrong on so many levels. They treat their employees like they are their most disposable asset. If that weren't bad enough, management has created a suffocating environment of toxic positivity. Employees walks around on eggshells and only speak when spoken to. The only thing safe to talk about without fear of consequence is how much you love StoragePug. Additionally, their job postings are very misleading. if you see a StoragePug job posting on LinkedIn, you'll notice they advertise that PTO starts on day 1. This is absolutely false. They make you accrue your PTO two days at a time and you start with 0 hours of paid time off. (You're also pretty likely to get fired before you even use any of it). Also you'll notice they advertise their FUN awesome culture with snacks, etc, etc..Like most tech startups, they do this to distract you from the low salaries, lack of upward mobility, and horrible management. There is no established structure for pay raises and their salaries are much lower than industry standard. Like most of the rest of the decisions made by this company, your pay is also totally arbitrary. Also, I'm 100% positive at least one of those first two 5 star reviews are written by management. So don't be fooled like I was this. Management is going to run this company into the ground. This company embodies everything that's wrong with startup culture. Don't waste your time at StoragePug.