Vantaggi
1. Opportunity to work closely with the founders during the early years, which offered significant learning and exposure.
2.Start-up environment allowed employees to take on varied responsibilities and develop new skills.
3.Founding team was approachable and open to ideas in the initial phase.
Svantaggi
1. Work culture changed sharply after the promotion of a manager as new additional director.
2. Leadership style created an atmosphere of distrust; employees were often spoken about negatively in their absence, leading to low psychological safety.
3. Director was frequently away for extended periods, sometimes for half the month, yet expected the team to extend working hours and work on weekends to compensate.
4. Instances of staff being asked to assist with tasks unrelated to their official roles, including travel-related or logistical errands.
5. Discouragement of leave approvals, even for valid or pre-planned requests, contributed to burnout.
6. Senior employees were informally expected to stay back after office hours without a clear professional requirement.
Overall work environment became stressful, with diminishing work–life balance and declining morale.