CEO is a narcissist & company is failing - Manager CohesionIB Employee Review

1.0
20 Aug 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- People are great (apart from CEO and SLT) - Snacks in office - Great location - Exciting industry

Cons

- CEO makes people cry in her office and it’s just normalized, even her co founder - SLT are sycophants who are too afraid to stand up to Thru - SLT will not support direct reports, culture is to throw everyone under the bus - Most people stay for less than a year due to leadership style of CEO - CEO’s reputation in chicago tech scene is REALLY ROUGH. Ask around before attaching yourself to a sinking ship - Business model is based on signing contracts they cannot realistically execute

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5.0
16 Mar 2025
Anonymous intern
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Very hardworking, caring team. Lots of open collaboration

Cons

No noteable cons, would recommend to all!

2.0
30 Apr 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Dedicated and passionate team that genuinely wants the company to succeed - Opportunity to work on challenging projects - Office location and amenities

Cons

- Extremely toxic leadership practices - Lack of company or product vision leads to a disengaged and stretched thin team without a clear strategy - People leave the company or get fired and the roles simply never get backfilled - Working hour expectations ; the norm is for the team at any level to be on calls post 10pm regularly - I have observed members of the team be berated, sworn at and yelled at in team meetings - Compensation is far below market ranges - Burnt out team - Culture of finger pointing and throwing each other under the bus

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