A lousy bureaucratic mess of a company. Sweatshop fits the bill. - CAM RealManage Employee Review

There are four areas that concern most people regarding any given employer: 1 - Hours worked 2 - Working environment 3 - Salary 4 - Ability to contribute to the company's success and be recognized for it. Due to some outstanding (but lower-level) staff, and generally clean and presentable work areas, RealManage gets a small bump for Working Environment. This is quickly balanced out by the apparent sweatshop mentality. The serious take (rather than tongue-in-cheek) is that the floggings will stop when morale improves. When brought to their attention, some of the responses from mid- to senior-management levels run from laughable to prosecutable. "This isn't a 40-hour a week job." should be posted over every doorway. Fine, then pay me the 80-hour a week salary in accordance with my workload, time, and travel commitments. Crickets, until they can find a way to flog you again. Salary is below industry standard. They contend that the benefits package makes up the difference. This might be the case, if working 40 hours, and if you had the ability to make a doctor's appointment without having your job threatened. Thanks, but a manager at McD's does better, in fewer hours, with less hassle. Travel, food, lodging, or taking a client out to lunch? Yeah, that comes out of your own pocket, until they can reimburse you. Granted, the turnaround is good, but average pay is under $40k, and after paying bills & gas, there's not that much leftover for entertaining clients. Need to fly out to corporate headquarters for a mandatory conference? That comes out of your pocket too, until that expense report catches up. A corporate credit card is definitely called for, but they contend that it's an unnecessary perk. If you contribute more, their idea of a reward is... more work! Seriously! I was offered a 100-hour a week workload as incentive for increased performance. Needless to say, I passed on that one. During one extreme circumstance, I worked a very long day, even by their standards. The following day, rather than being comped or flex time, I had to take a sick day. Despite outstanding contributions, and a team of people I would hire for my own company in a heartbeat for their ability, talent, work ethic, and demeanor, the corporate response was again, downright laughable through prosecutable. There are almost no opportunities for advancement, in title, salary, or any other compensation. If a position opens up immediately above yours, and you are overwhelmingly qualified, experienced, knowledgeable, and dedicated, and they know it... you'll have a new boss making at least twice as much who knows nothing, and you'll be forced to clean up their messes. Senior management is aware, but apparently they just prefer it this way. Your thanks will be having your job threatened. Again. There aren't enough words in the thesaurus to describe how pitifully horrid my experience was, and how heavily I recommend avoiding this company.