The CEO has some great ideas and a vision - but no idea how to get there, and he doesn't understand how to empower his teams to be successful. You will alternately be told to "do what you think is best" and then given blow by blow instructions on how to do your job correctly (from someone who has no idea what you actually do or why it's even important, only that he once read in an article somewhere that he should hire someone like you). When you fail, even doing what you were told to do, after telling the CEO it would fail, you will be held accountable for the failure; the CEO will never, ever have your back. The CEO has no faith in or respect for his employees, and constantly talks about other teams behind their backs. You are constantly monitored from "security" cameras by the CEO himself. which is funny because when you're in face to face meetings with him he will spend more time looking at his phone than at you. Your calls and email are all actively monitored, so people start to get weird about what they will and won't say over the phone. It's like living in lockdown. There is a deep feeling of distrust and disrespect from the CEO that trickles down into every team. You'll constantly walk around on pins and needles. It's a deeply stressful way to work once you figure out what's going on. I'm just sorry it took so long and I wasted so much time there.
