No stability in the business. CEO makes rash decisions every 6 months which derails the business. Talented professionals are hired out of long term tenures then sacked after few months without justification.
Core leadership team have no previous SaaS experience, creating huge friction for seasoned professionals entering the business in having to adopt un-natural processes.
Certain legacy staff are protected and seemingly immune to any disciplinary action, even when prolifically unprofessional and rude. Jersey team are seemingly untouchable, whereas London are highly dispensable. Creates a horribly divided culture and one of fear for job security, even for top performers.
Blame culture. Minor frictions escalate quickly, with senior leadership looped in needlessly to resolve simple challenges.
Sales are victimized for any and all post sale challenges and are blamed for all tech debt. Nobody advocates for sales, including Sales Leadership.
There has never been strong Product Leadership or accountability in product. Roadmap is regularly hijacked, leaving committed deals exposed and leading to client dissatisfaction.
Entire Marketing team quit and SDR team were fired in 2023. Sales expected to make their number with no support or strategy. Lots of infighting over inbound leads and territory.
Draconian sales leadership. Experienced AEs are treated like Grads.
Not a real tech start up. Nobody has shares = nobody has long term buy in to create something cool.