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Just to play devils advocate here: >We're direct and succinct You're loud and obnoxious. >We focus on the 20% of the work that will get us 80% of the impact
by Traster 5y ago
Just to play devils advocate here:
>We're direct and succinct
You're loud and obnoxious.
>We focus on the 20% of the work that will get us 80% of the impact
You half-arse everything.
> We seek to improve all aspects of our company even in ways that are not explicitly part of our job
You have poorly defined roles and lack focus
>We take extraordinary measures to have exceptional people in every seat
You're delusionally egotistical and that's what you're looking for in your interview process
I'm not saying that these are 100% what is happening at coinbase, but some of these phrases just come across as a total lack of self-awareness and a bit toxic. Is taking time in your article about culture to detail just how willing you are to fire people showing positive energy? I don't think so.
It's also kind of funny because the culture at an organisation is never what the CEO thinks that the culture is. "Isn't it great I threaten to fire people!" "Yes Boss, please don't fire me"
- thu2111 5y agoI don't think the goal here is to create positive energy. A company is intended to create happy customers and via that, money, "positive energy" for employees is nice to have and may be an important ingredient of that, but it's a means to an end and not an end in and of itself. Most obviously, one way to create positive energy is to never criticize or fire anyone. But that leads to dysfunctional organizations.