Toxic culture overshadowed by internal politics and control - Recensione dipendente - Software Engineer presso Ofload

The tech team (was) genuinely amazing. There were talented, capable people in engineering and that was one of the best parts of working here. In its earlier phase, the company had the kind of startup energy that helped it grow quickly and build momentum.

As the company scaled, a lot of that strength started to get undermined by poor leadership and cultural changes. Trust in engineering declined at the end of 2025, and the environment became increasingly top-down and control-driven. It felt less like teams were being empowered to do their best work, and more like decision-making was shaped by internal politics, hierarchy, and territory-building. That shift eroded trust across the business and created unnecessary friction. There were also some basic workplace standards that should have been handled better, including people openly vaping in the office, which made the environment uncomfortable and unprofessional. More broadly, the company seemed to reach a point where the qualities that made it successful as a startup were replaced by processes, HR, and politics that became blockers rather than enablers of the next stage of growth.

Flexible choice of attire and good office location.

I had many other staff backstab or gaslight me . Everything felt like a battle and my mental health suffered working here. Knowingly sold services to customers which they never planned to implement and left the operations team to explain to the customer. Understaffed. Expectation for you to drop your personal life and work evenings and weekends every week, with no recognition or extra pay.