Latch Reviews

I wish I had known all of this before accepting my job offer. If I knew then what I know now, I would have never worked at Latch. I hope I prevent some of you from making the same mistake I did. - Arbitrary decision making. I honestly don’t understand how this company has lasted as long as it has by the way it is run. Leadership doesn’t “believe in data and research”. How do you lead a tech company without data? It’s only a matter of time before this company fails. Arbitrary decision making can only get you so far. - Volatile & emotional run leadership which makes for a very toxic environment. They fire people left and right for illegitimate reasons, usually when the CEO happens to be in a bad mood. Everyone is constantly stressed of getting fired for no real reason. - Overall, inexperienced leaders who don’t want to admit they are inexperienced. They make poor decisions and don’t listen to employees who actually have experience. This is especially true in product management, which is a shame because it effects most of the company. - Due to inexperience, teams are overworked and don’t get to perform to quality standards that they could. This company has potential, but it’s ruined by bad leadership.

Over-worked employees, firefighting is the normal mode of operation Managers are almost expected to burn out and push a teams stress limits to the edge Poor planning despite a large and thick project management layer Opaque decision making by a select few in the upper management Hard to figure out what defines success - leading to seemingly random promotions and title bumps which do not seem deserving. No diversity what so ever, specially in management, he few who existed have left or have voluntarily stepped down into other roles - a culture red flag