I was an initial hire at a company with a very similar culture of (the alleged) publicly abusing employees on Slack, with all the hyperbolic cultish nonsense, w

I was an initial hire at a company with a very similar culture of (the alleged) publicly abusing employees on Slack, with all the hyperbolic cultish nonsense, with plenty of gaslighting and classless psychological manipulation ("if you're on this team it means we think you're the best, but if you can't handle it, maybe we were wrong"), and even the breathless idolization of (all the worst parts of) Amazon to boot. If you think you're in this situation now -- please: leave. I've since learned that these things are a dime a dozen, and by and large they go up in flames. And in the rare cases when they don't, it's still not worth it. In the worst case at the end of it you'll be burned out, emotionally exhausted, struggling with aggravated anxiety/depression/PTSD, not to mention the damage done to your personal relationships. This kind of shit is literally abuse, and as such can do actual and severe damage to your life. Don't put up with it. Life is too short, and there's a lot more at stake than your time and labor. There are plenty of companies to work for including startups that won't do this to you.