Reviews van Kadonation

- I've certainly gained a few kilos because of the candies and chocolate at the office - We could use some more meeting rooms and storage space

If there ever was a toxic startup culture that confirms all the stereotypes in the book, this would be it. They preach transparency, but fail to understand what that actually entails. The 'leadership' team lacks the vision needed to turn a sinking ship around, lack any form of proven track record, yet are super confident and stubborn in their own beliefs. For a start-up, everything moves very, very slowly - which is completely detrimental to the future of the business, if it even had one, considering the poor business plan. Employees will bear responsibility for poor results, though. Management culture is just a matter of who speaks the loudest, who gets paid the most or who is willing to argue the most - the best idea will rarely win. Major incompetence and a ‘fake-it-till-you-make-it' attitude among the leadership team too; resulting in very unprofessional (embarrassing even) communication towards customers and a major lack of integrity and business ethics. Ironic for a business claiming to invest in CSR. Example: while preaching ‘recurring revenue’, they promise customers to reimburse non-activated gift cards, and then, under orders of the leadership team, blatantly lie - claiming they’ve all been activated - burning vital relationships by prioritizing short term profit over long-term viability. That alone should give you a clear idea of what kind of "entrepreneurs" you're dealing with. Charlatans. Poor financial management, clueless leadership and a lack of a solid business plan means they fail to raise funding over and over again, while still not being profitable after almost 10 years of being a 'start-up' - although they prefer to call themselves a mature scale-up. This means you’d essentially be leaving all job security behind, in exchange for… well, no variable pay or stock options. Every effort you make essentially serves one goal: making an incompetent leadership team rich. Add to that a depressing, filthy office with broken, worn-down chairs that will ruin your back for good. All the while, the founders like to mock and make fun of competitors and fail to see they’re miles ahead of them. In terms of career and personal development: quite simply, there is none. Career plans and internal mobility are non-existent. The founders care about one thing and one thing only: themselves. Talented individuals are hired and fired again shortly after (if they don’t leave on their own) because there’s simply no thought out plan for the nearby future. To make matters worse, they’re intransparent about these events - they’ll even twist words and facts to fit their twisted internal narrative. Nobody on the management team ever takes responsibility, and instead, they’ll simply blame their team. Sacrifices and contributions made by employees remain undervalued and unappreciated, which is ironic considering it’s exactly what the founders claim to stand for as a business. Valuable, talented employees that meet or exceed expectations in consecutive performance reviews and express their desire to commit to the business long-term, are left completely blindsided when they get fired without valid reasons. The co-founder/CFO considers it ok to call his own employees ‘losers’, has clear anger management issues and even throws toddler-like tantrums if people don’t bend to his will. Example: attempting to manipulate and coerce people into stopping their notice period without pay (by trying to get them to say they're not working as well as they should be during their notice period, while recording the meeting), simply because they're so incompetent they're heading for bankruptcy, and he bursts out in anger and frustration like an actual toddler when they don't comply. Insane. Steer clear.