Pros
Co-workers and their compassion regarding the stress they've endured from the CEO and toxic environment.
Cons
There is a significant issue at hand: the CEO of 3i (Period). For individuals considering employment at 3i, it is crucial to understand the person you will be working under. The CEO displays deep psychological distress and trauma, caught in a recurring cycle of anger, shame, grandiose illusions, and self-destructive behavior. This leads to erratic, emotionally turbulent, and intense actions and thoughts. His behavior exhibits antisocial tendencies and borderline personality traits, with a hint of autistic-like qualities. Unfortunately, due to these characteristics, the CEO has established a pattern. He selects certain employees and elevates them to a pedestal, showering them with attention and praise to instill a sense of empowerment. However, this becomes an opportunity for him to impose his hostile worldview and toxic ethics upon these individuals, affecting their interactions and decisions with customers, partners, investors, and colleagues at all levels. Critical business decisions related to production, quality, technology, and marketing are made by the CEO without oversight, corporate governance, or consultation with experienced managers and frontline workers. Instead of promoting employees based on product experience, seniority, and rapport with colleagues and customers, the CEO hires outsiders from corporate backgrounds to assume leadership roles. These individuals often bring well-worn wisdom instead of agile innovation, political maneuvering, executive arrogance, and a desire to assert the CEO's perspective through patronizing pep talks. Gradually, the CEO begins to gaslight and manipulate those he has placed on pedestals and the external executives by distorting reality and nurturing grandiose visions regarding his technological ambitions. He wears a metaphorical "mask" to establish a personal connection with these individuals. When his ambitious decisions fail to yield positive results, reality sets in. The CEO resorts to gaslighting and fosters toxic infighting by altering job titles, reassigning roles and teams, and redistributing resources, ensuring that employees direct their frustrations toward the HR department or each other rather than him. Subsequently, the CEO withdraws attention and admiration, swiftly discarding the individuals he once praised through humiliation, demotion, contractual modifications, and assigning demoralizing tasks misaligned with their aspirations. Ultimately, this prompts them to resign from their positions.