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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
      Jan 8, 2013

      Real doesn't get the connection between customer focus and innovation

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Great location on the waterfront and great restaurants.

      Cons

      Their management is all about skating to where the puck used to be not to where it's going to be. They seem to have an insecurity problem and want to be cool, but have no idea what cool looks like.

      2.0
      Dec 19, 2012

      Great people, inept leaders

      Program manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Great people to work with, very smart - Interesting and technically challenging work - Opportunities for advancement (see cons)

      Cons

      - Senior leadership continually plays catch-up with competition - Strategic decisions made from the catch-up position are reactionary and desperate - Lots of churn from good people trying to make a better culture, then leaving for a company with healthier leadership (creating opportunity for advancement for those that are left)

      3.0
      Dec 17, 2012

      They "coulda been a contenda"

      Director
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      During their early years the place had some of the most wickedly smart people in Seattle tech and digital media. Their ideas were 10 years ahead of the industry. They still have several distinct businesses that with the right focus and ideas could individually be successful. RobG is a blessing and, well, not. He's incredibly smart, driven and competitive and had a lot of chutzpah to compete against well capitalized companies much larger than Real.

      Cons

      Tough location for bus commuters or eastsiders. Lots of senior management churn (voluntary and involuntary) hurts their ability to set a course and go after it to win. Their businesses have no connective tissue today. I'd love to see the math on value shareholders would receive vs current stock price if the company just spun off all the business units and distributed the cash.

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