- Culture is toxic, when I first joined one of the first things that was impressed upon me was the CEOs focus on culture. This overtime became a source of disillusionment for employees!
- Recent C suite hires, particularly the CMO and CFO have really highlighted that integrity, transparency (the CMO does not know how to communicate her plans or vision to her team!, team play, respect (the CFO has yelled and sworn at staff in meetings) and unity is not something the hiring team or the CEO value anymore ( incidentally integrity and respect are part of the values their P&C team spout, don’t be fooled!)
- employees are stressed, there is division and an ‘us versus them’ feel between functions. This is passed down from the C-suite.
- I have seen the CEO callout people on slack, I’ve also seen an email come from him admonishing people for talking and asking questions about why certain people have left… imagine you’ve been working with someone on a project or a task and then out of the blue they aren’t in the business anymore and no announcement or opportunity to say goodbye…. Yep that’s the type of culture that we’re referring to.
