fast paced- workload can be heavy, stressful. can feel like there's 'just too much work' to do a great job on every little thing
pressure+ overwork + communication issues from higher up burn out good people and cause churn.
'unlimited PTO' with heavy quotes ... on your 'day off' you may be pinged and expected to handle a crisis you didn't create . Makes work life balance hard.
some executives/management micromanage in unhelpful ways
misalignment between higher ups can cause issues that get blamed on execution team members.
very high expectations on commitment, effort, and performance.
though schedule is flexible, sometimes a need for work outside of standard work hours. Nothing super unusual for startups though.
