What a nightmare of a company - Senior Software Development Engineer RealNetworks Employee Review

1.0
Jul 11, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

They will pay you good money, and you don't have to do a lot of work. There is always a lot of anxiety around quarterly earnings, but if you put your head down and don't make a lot of noise, you won't get fired for a long time, and can keep cashing those paychecks.

Cons

The senior management are completely incompetent, so they keep changing their strategy and priorities. The company barely squeaks by each quarter, so everyone is focused on fighting short term fires with no regard whatsoever to any long-term vision. Most of the company works in private offices, and there is no sense of camaraderie or enthusiasm-- in fact, because of the culture of blame that is pervasive, most managers are territorial and backbiting. It is a terrible place to work

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