Red Ventures reviews

3.2

56% would recommend to a friend

(2,055 total reviews)
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Ric Elias

55% approve of CEO

39% positive business outlook

Red Ventures has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 2,055 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Red Ventures employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).

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2.0
Dec 6, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

There are some teams where people seem to enjoy their jobs. Analysts and upper management are well paid and respected.

Cons

Every creative I know leaves this place with trauma. Bottom line, the company does not care about writers, editors, social strategists, and other creatives. It relies on our work, but the rest of the business sees us as nothing more than task rabbits, which is why morale among creative is so low. Constant micromanaging of creative from other teams is the norm, and leadership on creative allows it to happen because it’s a deeply rooted problem in RV culture. Analysts have never respected what we do, and it shows in how we’re treated — ideas shot down, talked down to in public, junior analysts bossing senior editors around, and general unprofessional nastiness. Those behaviors are incentivized among analysts. If you get hired as a writer/editor, expect daily “emergencies,” disrespect/micromanaging from other teams, zero mentorship or L&D, and constant restructuring. Oh, and now they are replacing many editorial jobs with an AI-powered tool.

3.0
Dec 5, 2022

Good if you like cults

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Pay was better than most agencies. Work brand side but able to collaborate with large company. My team members were amazing but we were all laid off

Cons

People who grew up in RV are unwilling to change their ways and views. Outsiders even with a decade of experience are questioned and treated as if we don't know what we are doing. CEO has made it ubundantly clear that remote work is not valued.

1.0
Dec 4, 2022

Used to be good

Recommend
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Pros

They used to be good company to start your career. It still not bad for someone going threw a boot camp as at least you get some real world experience. They pay you money and on time. Some of the teams have great people to work with

Cons

The company has gone down hill rapidly during the past year. It became clear that the CEO Rick is more like a cult leader and pushing a cult like belief. Upper leadership is changing directions of things quickly. I watch them lay off several people who saved the company with hard work and then let them go afterwards. Those people were the product experts technically and now the rest of us are there to pick up the pieces. It was a very poor way of doing it with a rather pathetic severance. Quality is no longer and has not been a thing for a while. The fact that multiple web sights are barely held together is sad. It is running on an old tech stack and they are not trying to change. They lead people on with promotions at pay raise yet do nothing. The pay is currently 30-40% below industry average. The upper salary ranges meet industry average but their is no bonuses, or RSU so the TC is way to low. It no longer place people want to be. Many of the longer term employees are leaving in record numbers and have been for a while. I myself started looking for the same reasons and now more pushing it hard. The company is looking to outsource all engineering. It is very clear based on how they have been hiring. Avoid Red Ventures if you can.

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