RealNetworks reviews

The documentation in many jobs ranges from horrible to non-existent. Managers have a tendency not to back up their employees. Turnover is insane. It is not uncommon for the company to layoff a ton of employees and contractors, right before the HOLIDAYS, just to appease shareholders, then quietly invite them back in 4 months later. Rinse, repeat. It's no way to treat employees. The amount of hand-holding and special attention given internally is ridiculous: Real is not a startup but many execs and VPs treat internal support staff as if it is.

Completely dysfunctional environment makes it very difficult to do one's job; lack of leadership and strategy makes it very difficult to know what you're supposed to be doing. Intra-office communication is very poor. Bullying is a problem that is seldom addressed. The CEO often oversteps the responsibilities of his job to meddle in other areas and make it impossible for people to do their jobs, viz., writing campaign slogans for products and insisting that they be used when no marketing strategy even exists yet. I have never worked with a group of people this smart (meaning everyone BUT upper management) who had a harder time doing their job because of the environment that was being created around them.