A Canadian startup plagued by nervous energy and chaos - Anonymous employee Sagard Employee Review

1.0
9 Jan 2024
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The leaders of the company have a lot of capital. Paul Desmerais the CEO comes from generational family wealth, so they have lots of money to hire people and the firm has been growing a lot since inception.

Cons

Even though they've been around since 2015, the place is still all about break-neck growth. Things are chaotic here and people are overworked. Many don't stay long and use it as a stepping stone. Paul and the other senior leaders try to be nice, but the chaos and the never changing strategies and multiple failed attempts at product launches make this place unsustainable. No wonder they have to run to the middle east to raise capital.

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Cons

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Cons

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