[toomuchtodo]

Rumor has it that the environment is toxic, and that a hierarchy and tribalism formed in the vacuum of leadership and a defined culture.

https://www.reddit.com/r/valve/comments/8zmp07/former_valve_...

[garmaine]

Perhaps true... but they are wildly successful as a company (if profits == success). There are a few other examples of flat organizations out there that have been successes, including Github (for a while).