Red Ventures reviews

Working in the tech side used to be amazing. When I started at RV around 5 years ago everything was great. It had its warts but at its core, RV was phenomenal. What I've observed is that senior leadership has been less than candid with its employees over the last 2 years and it has continually whittled away at what little remained of the culture after COVID ripped us out of what we'd grown accustomed to. Today, RV is faced with senior leadership (VP+) that lack vision for the business, an ability to communicate succinctly to their employees, and that have a complete disconnect with reality. The belief that people are working here because of the "culture" and the intrinsic, intangible things permeates through leadership. When we perform annual reviews, when we calibrate staff, we find every possible way to bring high-performing staff down to "3" which merits a solid 2-4% raise. Our highest performers are expected to perform at the next role (or even up to two roles higher) to receive a 4. We have a "5" rating which is an unachievable goal that get awarded because we *have to have* at least one five to keep our metrics on track with where we want them.

Salaries based on market rate in Charlotte, NC, regardless of where you actually live; no sick days; RV advertises its PTO policy as "untracked" or "flexible," which is not the case for employees in several states, including California and Washington; some managers interpret the PTO policy as "unlimited," so your PTO actually depends on who your manager is and what their interpretation of the policy is; "company culture" is actually very culty; attempting a hybrid work environment for a distributed workforce is a logistical nightmare and creates an uneven playing ground for fully remote employees who live and work in areas that don't have RV offices; deeply complex and opaque promotions/raise system, which is tied to the company's equally complex and ever-changing employee review system; "written in pencil" = you might have a new manager/team every six months; prepare to watch a bunch of white women cry over cancel culture during DEI "listening sessions"