Iterative Health Reviews

I am genuinely grateful for the opportunity that came with having been laid off from Iterative. I am breathing again. While I was there, my manager's management style tended heavily toward micromanagement. This was evident in her meticulous oversight of details, such as scrutinizing people's calendars. Yet, she failed to provide clear direction, guidelines, or expectations to assist them in their work. Her ambiguous, consistently cheerful yet intrusive involvement often disempowered team members, creating an atmosphere where individuals felt constantly monitored but were unable to escape her iron grip on every aspect of the team. Personally, I frequently experienced feelings of harassment due to this overbearing management style. Additionally, she had a tendency to introduce new processes or tools regularly, only to utilize them once or twice. This approach contributed to an overall sense of chaos within the organization.

- Senior leadership is terribly micro managerial and inexperienced - Untrustworthy CEO tried to give us “bonuses” in the form of stock options that would vest in our fifth year of employment. When I requested cash instead he never delivered despite that it was guaranteed to be cash in my offer letter. - Senior leadership is too afraid to let teams fail and learn which inhibits growth and autonomy - There’s no strong product vision for non-ML engineering - Over-reliance on employees sourced from prestigious schools rather than ones with relevant experience - 30-minute weekly company-wide meetings where every single employee gives a status update are a waste of time and CEO consistently ignores feedback about it