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      2.9

      33% would recommend to a friend

      (304 total reviews)
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      Rob Glaser

      37% approve of CEO

      18% positive business outlook

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      RealNetworks has an employee rating of 2.9 out of 5 stars, based on 304 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The RealNetworks employee rating is 25% below average for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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      304 reviews
      2.0
      Jul 8, 2008

      Great name to have on your resume, not a great place to be

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      Pros

      Really great and smart people work there. Benefits package is very good. If you have a high tollerance for disfunction, you can gain a great deal of experience. You get to work on interesting products.

      Cons

      No clear strategy at a corporate, divisional, and product levels. Senior managament is not allowed to make the desicions neccessary to do their job well, which causes a great deal of backlash. Bullying occurs as the highest levels in the organization and is tollerated as part of the culture. Pay scale is not in line with the market. "Launch" mentality prevents us from getting the best and right products to the market. There is never the time to do the right solution, only the fastest one.

      2.0
      Jun 12, 2008

      Tragicomedy in Action at RNWK: The gang that couldn't shoot straight

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Real is involved in a number of interesting markets in the digital media/entertainment sector, especially online music and casual games. There are a lot of really great, and really smart people who work there; it's unfortunate that most of those people end up leaving within 18 months because nothing gets done.

      Cons

      Watching smart, motivated performers be broken down by Real's caustic, Rob-centric culture into bitter, cynical 9-5ers who embrace the saying "it is what it is." Knowing that instead of shooting for the best work possible, you end up having to settle for the least-bad, as a result of micro-managing and poorly thought-out and abysmally communicated strategies.

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