Talented team struggles under chaotic leadership and low morale - werkgeversreview Anonieme werknemer bij KatKin

2,0
11 mei 2026
Anonieme werknemer
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Pluspunten

- There are still some genuinely kind, talented people here who care about the product and the customers. - The product itself is actually very good, which makes the rest of the situation even more frustrating. - The company recently raised more funding, so hopefully that gives it some time to sort itself out. - Benefits like the new cat bonus and product discounts are nice.

Minpunten

- Leadership is the biggest problem by far. The CEOs are not respected, and it is hard to take them seriously. One seems to think shouting, panic, and acting like a discount Elon Musk counts as leadership. The other mostly appears to go along with whatever is being shouted the loudest that day. - Decision-making is a mess. Things either move painfully slowly or change direction every few hours. The result is the same either way: delays, confusion, and people wasting time on work that gets thrown away almost immediately. - “Urgency” is used constantly, but it usually just means chaos. There are endless meetings, sudden changes, and a general sense that nobody at the top really knows what they are doing. - The atmosphere is miserable. People are stressed, demotivated, and worn down. Crying at work should not be normal, but here it somehow is. - Favouritism is obvious. People who keep their heads down and say yes to everything seem to do better than people who actually challenge bad ideas or try to get things done properly. - A lot of people have either left, are trying to leave, or are mentally checked out. It is very hard to stay motivated when the mood around you is so negative. - There is no proper HR support, which makes the whole thing feel even more amateur.

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2,0
29 mei 2026
Anonieme werknemer
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Pluspunten

- great product - still lots of great people within the company

Minpunten

- such a toxic work environment! One founder in particular expects the whole company to give up their evenings and weekends to work overtime (with no extra pay) because they constantly make bad business decisions and expect EVERYONE else to pick up the slack. - Love to find someone to blame for their bad leadership and then build a case against them to fire them. - Supposedly care about their customers but always talk about how to make it harder for them to cancel subscriptions or cheat their way to the top. - Often put meetings in at 5:30pm on a Friday so that you end up working past 6pm on a Friday - Severe favouritism leads to 90% of the employees feeling demotivated, stressed and under constant pressure to meet unrealistic expectations - No career progression plan and if you do ask for it, you’ll probably get told to focus on your own role and working towards the companies KPI’s before considering a promotion - told if you can’t hack it then they don’t want you anyway - if you’re okay with working somewhere that acts like this work is literally life or death and under constant threat of being fired, then go for it! If you want any remnants of a work life balance and like your mental health, then avoid at all costs

5
2,0
9 mei 2026
Anonieme werknemer
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Pluspunten

Pet friendly office. Decent learning budget if you use it.

Minpunten

Founders are total narcissists. One CEO in particular micromanages employees within an inch of their lives, to the point of insisting that everybody uses the same acronyms. Forces employees to join long, pointless meetings without any clear goal, where the most minute of details is discussed constantly. Then turns around and wonders why people aren’t productive and makes them take the fall for bad business decisions. Culture is rotten to the core — as a company it claims to put customers first. Couldn’t be further from the truth — decisions like making it hard for people to cancel their subscription, by phoning up, are regularly discussed. History of hiring and promoting people who are great at posturing, with near to zero experience of working at e commerce companies. If you have any amount of self esteem and want career progression, avoid this place.

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