Red Ventures reviews

1. Lack of organizational management- every quarter there is either a role-wide layoff, a massive restructuring, or a combination of the two. Get ready to learn a new business, be thrown into a role you’re unfamiliar with, answer to a new manager, or be out of a job every few months. 2. Favorites are chosen and it’s made clear- I tried to overlook the comments and reviews I saw about the “RV Cult”, but unfortunately I couldn’t outrun it. When I first joined I loved how tight knit teams were, but it ultimately became a game of competing to be a part of the in crowd to receive respect and decent treatment. 3. Employees are promoted to managerial roles for being good at their current role despite being horrible leaders- in the couple years I was there I saw time and time again coworkers receive promotions and be handed the responsibility of leading a team when they should have been given a raise instead. These were people who could grind out their work and do it well but were selfish, cold, and unfit at guiding/building up others. It was sad to see other employees be paired with this as a manager to ultimately fail because they were being ridiculed and judged for not showing up as an expert day one. 4. Ric Elias puts Ric Elias first. Now this isn’t unheard of in a CEO at all, but he speaks a huge game about supporting everyone, making everyone welcome, enjoying a work-life balance, and prioritizing family. Then at the end of the day, he’s (or at least those he puts in charge) expect HIGHLY dedicated hours, working through lunch, and don’t even consider taking time for family matters. I also need to add that during a company wide assembly, he scolded us (an arena full of adults) because not enough of us stood and applauded him as he walked on stage, and he then proceeded to storm right off.

Ric Elias is a billionaire CEO who purports to care about his employees. However, he pays massively under market rates, cares only about himself and how he can keep getting richer and decided to tell the whole company that he was committing to giving away half his wealth. And while doing this, cut employee perks, cut headcount, and reduced any remaining employee benefits that differentiated the firm.