Pros
Somewhat decent salary. Flexibility to work on your own schedule.
Cons
A highly toxic work environment driven by fear and people-pleasing. The culture revolves around impressing the CEO at all costs, often at the expense of employee wellbeing, autonomy, and healthy collaboration. Leadership is aggressive and intimidating. The CEO regularly pressures employees for more output through harassment rather than support, creating an atmosphere where burnout is normalised. Questioning decisions, especially around the unchecked use of AI, is not welcome and can put your position at risk. Despite constant talk of wanting “A-list players,” there is no real investment in people. If you don’t immediately fit a very narrow definition of success, you are quickly pushed out. Employees can be let go abruptly, with little warning or meaningful feedback. There is no HR department to act as a safeguard when lines are crossed, leaving employees without protection. Ironically, the work itself could be excellent. With proper leadership and structure, this could be a genuinely great place to grow. Unfortunately, it is run by the wrong hands. I would strongly discourage anyone seeking a healthy, sustainable role in AI or marketing from joining Single Grain. Your talent, ideas, and time are far more valuable elsewhere.