“We were lied to, we were ignored in meetings, our work was not valued and we were disrespected in front of other colleagues,” one Sifted reader tells us, about her experience working under a particular manager at a startup.
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June 1, 2022
Startup managers: the good, the bad and the ugly
We asked Sifted readers about their experiences of bosses at startups. Here’s what they had to say.
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Kai Nicol-Schwarz was a senior reporter at Sifted. He covered AI and UK tech.

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