We’re sinking - werkgeversreview Anonieme werknemer bij Kernel

1,0
29 nov 2017
Anonieme werknemer
Aanbevelen
Goedkeuring directeur
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You get to change what you’re doing every 3 says based on a never ending “pivot”. No project you work on will ever see the light of day because our CEO can’t make any decisions for himself and let’s the recruiters make high level decisions.

Minpunten

Everything. 11 people were just fired. That’s after 6 other people were fired in the 3 months before. Employees have moved states and even continents to be here. They have uprooted their families and sacrificed stable careers. There is no care given once our CEO decides he doesn’t think they smile enough. He asks for pledges of loyalty. He rewards yes men.

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I am sympathetic to the opinions of former team members and I appreciate every person who made significant life changes to come to Kernel. We are a startup. Startups are risky. That’s especially true at a company like Kernel which is attempting to do something incredibly hard and audacious that’s never been done before. We’re traversing a winding road complete with switchback and detours. What we’re attempting to do, to build the world’s most advanced neural interfaces to read and write neural code, requires both complex technical and scientific analysis and nuanced judgement calls that take into account near and long term objectives. As we evolve, so will our needs. These are not normal circumstances, even among startups. We’re rigorous in following first principles based scientific, technical and business analysis. In doing this, I am not perfect, our team is not perfect, how we work together is not perfect. It is by definition frontier science. Given the imperfection and inherent challenges of being human and working with other humans, it’s the way in which we deliberate, make decisions, and adapt that matters most. It’s a process and we’re getting better at it every day. I sincerely wish this person all the best. Bryan Johnson Founder, CEO

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