There is a strong decline in how the quality of product management has been practised in the last 2 years. 2019 a lot of experienced people were hired but they never got the trust to actually do the best work of their lives. The CEO is clearly not capable of the position he is having and since he's the CPO as well almost all good product managers have left the company. When talking about Valentin, a lot of people referred to him as a child that wants his will and nothing else. Proper product strategy papers have been declined by him based on his own ideas. There is no clear and stable focus or direction for the company and nobody knows who is responsible for what. On top of this, the experienced Head of Products have either been fired or were kept super busy with responsibilities for multiple groups. In a series of bad hires and promotions, there is now a mixture of product directors / product people in charge that either have no idea about building a tech business with these dimensions or they are super early in their careers. A lot of project managers turning into Senior Product Managers and alike. Product Management is equal to doing project management for the ideas of the CEO/CPO. If you are a product person who loves the craft, don't go there.
