Red Ventures reviews

The pay structure for sales varied occasionally,

- The management from mid-level to the top is VERY toxic, self-serving, exploitative, inconsistent, and mostly incompetent. The company needs to cull most of its management and start hiring better humans and competent professionals. They set insane expectations and standards for employee performance, but reward completely incompetent team leads and managers who have a track record of mistreating employees and killing their morale. Many people work there just for money, and they jump ship as soon as they get a chance. People are fed up with working their tails off just to be told they won't be getting a promotion or a miniscule raise. The entire performance review is a three-ring circus. You are scrutinized to your bone and every minor infraction is pointed out to you to the level that you are scared to make a mistake or question anything for fear of it ending up on your next review. The review is heavily skewed by a manager's perspective who can single-handedly decide if you are doing well or not. Some folks work for years just to see ANY raise. The entire system is built to low-ball people time and time again. - On top of low pay, the company has taken almost all pandemic era perks like mental health days. And now the in-office people are required to come four times a week vs. three. Currently, there is a HUGE turnover. And it's for a reason. There is no incentive for people to stay there. Funny enough, the company is struggling to hire more people now and is asking for help from everyone to help with recruiting. The management has no self-awareness that the management is the problem, not employees who leave the company in droves. They will tell you about the amazing company culture over and over. But the culture is toxic and most people will backstab you just to get ahead. Diversity and inclusion is a giant joke. You will hardly see racial/ethnic minorities in most teams, let alone in leadership roles. Senior management is completely detached from the rank and file, and all communication goes through vertical stovepipes through your manager. The whole “flat organization” spiel where you can go and talk to anyone is mostly a façade. So if you want to hear a heartfelt plea from someone who knows what it’s like there, spare yourself the trouble and time and STAY AS FAR AWAY AS POSSIBLE FROM THE DUMPSTER FIRE CALLED RED VENTURES. You will be left traumatized after an "experience" there, and you will not build a career because the management will move you around to teams and projects you were never interested in or hired for. Or you will be part of the next wave of mass layoffs and will be notified of it by email that day, as happened last year. Most people last two or maybe three years in the company. You will be asked to go above and beyond and get a kick in the teeth during the performance review season because nothing is ever enough for the management. It's a theater of the absurd. - The company’s business model is unsustainable. It’s a glorified digital marketing place masquerading as some kind of a media mogul. The substance of what’s being written and published is weak at best. Every piece is written to get Google ranking, and there is hardly any expertise involved in the content. SEO folks drive the content pieces vs. actual experts and writers being on the driver’s seat. As a result, the publications that had any credibility are hollowed out. Lonely Planet is decimated with the lack of substance and actual helpful information for serious travelers, and it will probably shut down because it has nothing to offer other than Instagrammable photos. CNET is a joke compared to what it used to be. So on and so forth with the rest of RV brands. On top of damaging previously great publications, the company’s future will be heavily AI-driven. So there will be even less substance, soul, or meaning in its content. The future of the company is not bright because it gutted all the brands it owns to turn a short-term profit. So do yourself a favor, don’t even think of working there.