- RealNetworks on the resume is a liability. If you're still at Real in late 2016, good luck finding a job somewhere else.
- Inflated titles. VPs from RealNetworks go to other places and become regular managers.
- Constant downsizing. At 2601 Elliott, Real cut their way to a fraction of their current office space and sub-let their building. We then moved to 1501 1st Ave S, took over 3 floors and now we are back to looking at a small portion of one floor. Going around in circles and repeating the same old procedures of cost cutting should give an idea of how insane this is.
- No more good people left. Between layoffs and people leaving, we've pretty much lost all the good talent from the place. We have customer service doing product testing.
- No transparency. Ever.
- No real product. Still relying on scraps from Google and other small fish to make money from bundling a product the rest of the world stopped using a decade ago. Yes, RealPlayer for PC. Any other product is pretty much a failure at this point. We are still trying to make optimized codecs. Seriously? Yes, we are.
- We could've been Netflix or the maker of iPod or a leader in casual games or a dozen other things but we weren't and will never be. Why? The CEO has the vision of a gnat and the execution...well, there's really no execution. The CEO is awful at his job.
- Do I still have room here because this list is infinitely long. Real is a terrible place to work.
