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I think you are exactly right. It smells like a company that has grown beyond the startup stage but key processes, such as employee onboarding, are being led by people that are inexperienced with how to handle all aspects professionally at scale. I would expect some significant dysfunction across most functions and I would really have to believe in the company's mission, and/or have a nice chunk of equity, to push through and hope they successfully can grow to maturity.