Time well spent on learning to work in a startup - Anonymous employee KodyPay Employee Review

- friendly colleagues - good location

- All previous <2 star reviews are real (3+ star reviews are obviously fake). Avoid at all costs. 1st month may be fine but you will slowly realise 1) ceo/cfo are in a relationship which concentrates decision making 2) conduct activities that can be illegal 3) high level of mismanagement and direction change (CEO will sometimes change directions at a whim, you will wake up or be waken up with interesting slack messages lets just put it that way) - Most former employees will attest to the fact that they worked hard but were let go for arbitrary reasons. Turnover is extremely high. Typically someone let go every 2-3 weeks, - They suggest they are profitable but they are not. No product market fit. - General dissatisfaction amongst current employees, you will naturally feel it in the 2-3 week there

You learn quickly what poor leadership and bad governance look like. A useful lesson in what red flags to avoid in future employers.

One of the worst places I have worked. Leadership was authoritarian, immature, and deeply ineffective. Micromanagement was extreme and constant. There was no real trust between senior leadership and employees. HR did not feel independent, credible, or there to protect staff. Power felt concentrated in a very small circle, with no real checks or balance. Speaking up, raising concerns, or challenging bad decisions did not feel safe. Priorities changed all the time, often without logic or warning. Decisions were inconsistent, reactive, and driven more by ego than good judgment. Roles were unclear, scope kept shifting, and people were blamed for problems they had no authority to fix. Morale was low and the atmosphere felt political, tense, and unstable. Leadership in Customer Success and Finance was among the weakest parts of the business and a major source of confusion, frustration, and poor execution. The gap between external branding and internal reality was huge. Good people were left trying to carry a badly run business.