- The CEO is only good at 2 things: Raising VC funding and acquiring smaller companies.
- The business is stagnating, the product is getting outpaced by competitors, and the team morale is at an all-time low.
- Every winter, there is a big layoff round (10% of the team), and every summer there is a big hiring push. This happens every year, like clockwork.
- The people team (HR) is comically out of touch. They make all the wrong moves, such as: slashing existing benefits, forcing a return-to-office, minimizing raises, laying off people, etc.
- Leadership is complaining that they are tight on money while spending millions on lavish offices, grand off-sites, and dubious acquisitions.
- Priorities change drastically every 6 months. Certain expensive acquisitions that were justified to conquer certain markets are forgotten and left to rot as leadership changes their mind.