Pros
The people at Plooto are kind and smart. I liked the hybrid work model and some of the perks.
Cons
The prior CEO was a terrible leader and created a dysfunctional company. I didn't feel respected and didn't feel safe at work. Everyone was scared to bring up issues because the CEO could lose his temper and become angry. So, everyone hides problems and issues from leadership. The CEO is an excessive micromanager, and everyone spends so much time doing things that he can understand. All decisions go through him; he dictates unrealistic metrics that the company never comes close to hitting. He keeps the teams busy with unnecessary and useless work. This is why things take so long. The CEO interferes with every detail. Everyone thinks his ideas are dumb, and he asks the team to do things for his ego instead of benefiting our customers. He is so obsessed with Amazon that he makes everyone write long papers that take weeks, so no one takes initiative. He is disrespectful to his employees. I have heard him say engineers are lazy, make fun of people who don’t stay long at work, and that tech debt is job security for engineers. The pay is low for the work you do. They need to start matching market salaries.