Unreal deadlines, no autonomy, high-level exits: Ola Electric’s work culture under scanner
A string of high-profile exits has brought Ola Electric’s work culture under the microscope and made startup veterans and management experts wonder if the company founded by Bhavish Aggarwal can really become India’s Tesla.
Unrealistic deadlines, lack of room for autonomy or opinions, and unplanned meetings well past midnight are some of the things that senior Ola Electric employees have to endure while working at the startup, according to a former senior employee who did not want to be named and squarely blamed the work culture for the management churn.
That is not good news for the company, which has lofty goals such as launching an electric car in 2023, setting up local battery cell manufacturing and going public in the future.
