[ Is this is what hardly any mentions on teamblind.com, 2.5 star glassdoor.com, 2.3 star ambitionbox.com, and null indeed.com reviews really means? I’m intrigued by employee ratings of companies as an input to pricing, but because I’ve been extraordinarily blessed with great clients, I have zero calibration on how to map ratings to on the ground experiences. To save folks a click, I copied the OP’s post here, but click through for the comments. ]
I joined at [interface.ai](http://interface.ai) as a Senior Software Engineer. They offered remote opportunity and it looked rosy at first. I did see certain red flags on Glassdoor but felt like rant. I had multiple offers.
When I joined, from day 1 I felt toxicity. Director was adamant to get me started contributing from day 1. I had offers but thought of staying within my morale to stick to my decision. Eventually the toxicity became dangerous. Some highlights:
1. Day starts at 10 AM with meeting and ends with a meeting(starts at 9 PM and extends till 10-10:30).
2. Devs (who joined a month back) getting scolded, literally getting scolded in front of entire team by Head of Engineering.
3. The entire day is spread with meetings.
4. The Indian Director of Engineering was under immense stress and eventually his body couldn't handle the stress and lost his life.
5. There is an inner circle of people at [interface.ai](http://interface.ai) who overrides all the decision.
6. In the name of Wellness programme, there was no policy. HR are mere puppets with policies on paper.
7. The new Director of Engineering asking people to have sleepless night if work is not done. Irony is he himself was laid off within a month of joining.
8. Engineering Manager is two headed Snake.
A month ago, the dev who was appraised for performing excellenty, he was put on PIP for non performance and eventually was laid off giving vague reasoning around performance. The same dev was asked to interview candidates while being on PIP. (He had lost a family member recently and was remorsing)
9. [HEAD OF ENGINEERING](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sritulasi-edpuganti) considers Indian Engineers as Slave literally Slaves. She has the mentality of British lords, thinking we Indians are born to serve her. When she scolded others, I thought they must have done something wrong. But when it came to me multiple times, I realised how toxic it can be.
10. People are joining and leaving [interface.ai](http://interface.ai) within weeks. US Devs stay rarely for a week.
11. People made to feel sorry on taking leaves.
Now I feel stuck here with no way out. I feel daily that they will ask me to go away desipte working round the clock. This is Endless Worry. I stayed despite having offers since I had morale but this co doesn't.
I joined at [interface.ai](http://interface.ai) as a Senior Software Engineer. They offered remote opportunity and it looked rosy at first. I did see certain red flags on Glassdoor but felt like rant. I had multiple offers.
When I joined, from day 1 I felt toxicity. Director was adamant to get me started contributing from day 1. I had offers but thought of staying within my morale to stick to my decision. Eventually the toxicity became dangerous. Some highlights:
1. Day starts at 10 AM with meeting and ends with a meeting(starts at 9 PM and extends till 10-10:30).
2. Devs (who joined a month back) getting scolded, literally getting scolded in front of entire team by Head of Engineering.
3. The entire day is spread with meetings.
4. The Indian Director of Engineering was under immense stress and eventually his body couldn't handle the stress and lost his life.
5. There is an inner circle of people at [interface.ai](http://interface.ai) who overrides all the decision.
6. In the name of Wellness programme, there was no policy. HR are mere puppets with policies on paper.
7. The new Director of Engineering asking people to have sleepless night if work is not done. Irony is he himself was laid off within a month of joining.
8. Engineering Manager is two headed Snake.
A month ago, the dev who was appraised for performing excellenty, he was put on PIP for non performance and eventually was laid off giving vague reasoning around performance. The same dev was asked to interview candidates while being on PIP. (He had lost a family member recently and was remorsing)
9. [HEAD OF ENGINEERING](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sritulasi-edpuganti) considers Indian Engineers as Slave literally Slaves. She has the mentality of British lords, thinking we Indians are born to serve her. When she scolded others, I thought they must have done something wrong. But when it came to me multiple times, I realised how toxic it can be.
10. People are joining and leaving [interface.ai](http://interface.ai) within weeks. US Devs stay rarely for a week.
11. People made to feel sorry on taking leaves.
Now I feel stuck here with no way out. I feel daily that they will ask me to go away desipte working round the clock. This is Endless Worry. I stayed despite having offers since I had morale but this co doesn't.
What to do?
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