Beyond a doubt, the worst leadership and culture I've ever seen, in Silicon Valley and beyond. The CEO should have retired when they went public (or even before, given he's so terrible) and manages with an iron micro-managing fist, which has a special sting given it's Russian. His approach to anyone who makes a mistake is to fire them. He is personally nasty, stand-offish, has no idea how to manage an enterprise much less inspire a team, and has no business still being with the company. If he didn't own the majority of shares, any board in its right mind would have gotten rid of him years ago.
And his #1 henchman, the CFO, is even worse (if that's possible). Another personally nasty individual who berates team members publicly and leads by fear. He is responsible for Finance and HR/Training and knows NOTHING about HR or Training, yet won't listen to anyone's advice who actually has experience. He acts like a pasha ruling over his realm, and woe be to you if you don't kowtow to him. Everyone knows when the CFO is in his office because throughout the entire floor you can hear him screaming at people.
The CEO and CFO have a HUGE influence over the rest of the organization, and give their subordinates (VPs and other C-levels) free reign to act as dictators of their own departments. It might be fine to work a few levels below the leadership team as you would be insulated from the negativity that comes with being anywhere near them, but their horrible management styles will still impact you (through the chain of command and the terrible corporate culture). A great example of what it’s like at RingCentral comes from the leadership 360s conducted with about 75 leaders which showed that the top descriptor of the culture as experienced by leaders is FEAR – if this is how the leadership experiences the org, can you imagine what everyone else feels?
If you're a Director or above and think you could possibly influence these men (there is one C-level woman, a self-centered Ukrainian who cares more about her own personal brand than her team or the company), you have another think coming. They are beyond hope, NEVER listen, and do not care what anyone other than themselves and their chosen 'in' group says (and be careful: the 'in' group changes regularly - you can be their golden child today and their goat tomorrow – it happens quite frequently).
Oh yeah, and the product is a cobbled-together pile of junk that sometimes works and sometimes doesn't. Expect they will continue to limp along in terms of stock price and eventually get swallowed up by a bigger player.
