“Trust through transparency” is a lie - Anonymous employee Own Company Employee Review

-Management and C-Level executives want employees to drink the kool aid and feel like it is a family when it is not. -If you are not friends with the CEO outside of work, you are not part of the "cool kids". -The claim that a pillar is “trust through transparency” when they hide a ton from employees. -The CEO use to host "Ask Me Anything" sessions, but ultimately would filter out or ignore questions he didn't like. I know of people who have gotten in trouble for asking simple questions like "What states can we hire in?" or "Will OwnBackup be releasing a statement given the current #BLM events?" (which they never did). -They spend money like it is going out of fashion (millions dropped on a MKO in Vegas) and then claim they need to raise the ARR by Full Time Employee figure to get to where they want to be. -Then there were 2 town halls in a row the question about layoffs came up and was quickly shot down, stating there was absolutely no reason for them considering how well OB was doing. A couple of weeks later they let go of 200+ employees globally, no reasons given to the employees, which included both newbies and proven vets. Some of those vets were the #1 producers in their role, making employees who were not cut question if they were safe considering who was let go. The lack of transparency caused a plunge in morale and numerous employees (including myself) are currently looking to leave. Makes you wonder if all the trips and expenses were worth getting rid of a quarter of the company. People who are friends with the CEO ultimately kept their jobs, regardless of skill and/or performance. -If you do not like to drink alcohol, look for another company. You will be considered an outsider if you don’t drink. -They boast about all these office perks to try to get people back into the office, but many have gone downhill severely like the free lunch for example. Currently the lunch offered is around the same level of some high school lunches at best. -Speaking of getting people back in the office, even though sales records were broken while people worked remotely during covid, the C-Suite feels that the company is "better together" while in the office. However, majority of the c-suite are hypocrites and don't even come into the office routinely.