Great Experience overall, yet felt held back - Anonymous employee RealPage Employee Review

4.0
Apr 10, 2016
Anonymous employee
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Pros

I had an amazing team to work with and was eventually given a chance to take on some basic leadership of that team. Idea sharing, collaboration, and enthusiasm were abundant. There seemed to be a genuine concern for client needs. Pay was decent and flexibility for remote work situations was excellent.

Cons

I felt as though career development was lacking. Although I was given the chance to assume some basic level of leadership of my team, it felt like more of a fauxmotion than a promotion, aimed at trying to keep me by distracting me from what I had really expressed interest in, than a genuine advancement, as there was no real increase in ownership and the level my position created seemed extraneous. I appreciate the recognition that probably underlay the move. However, several experiences led me to feel as though I was being blocked from exploring opportunities outside of my department in spite of my extensive background in other areas.

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RealPage Response
10y
Thank you for your post. I grew up in the Pepsi system where it was a badge of honor to promote your team up and out of your organization. In fact if you did not do that you could not advance deeper into your career. So your point rings true to me. The organization must move top talent forward, otherwise, top talent works for someone else. I can tell you that we are putting in a formal Human Resource Planning process that will be led by Kelly McCarthy. We want and must know all the skills our talent has, where the organization gaps are, business requirement needs that must be filled, and formally move people forward. Today over 70% of the jobs are being filled within so many people are making progress. I'm sorry that you departed. I would ask anyone reading this post, before you considering stepping out, that you reach out to your department leaders, division leaders, HR and lets explore opportunities that you might not even know are coming available. Top talent is critical to retain. I sincerely, hope you will reconsider RealPage when it is appropriate to you. I wish you nothing but success. Sincerely, Kurt Twining

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Team work and collaboration is key within our team.

Cons

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Thank you for sharing your experience! It's wonderful to hear that teamwork and collaboration are thriving within your team—those are values we truly cherish. We also appreciate your perspective on the fast-paced environment. While we know it's not for everyone, it's great to hear that you find it energizing. We're grateful to have team members like you who embrace the pace and contribute to a strong, collaborative culture. Thank you for being part of the team!
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Cons

I ran one of RealPage's larger engineering product teams for three years, hiring and developing more than half of the engineering managers and engineers on my organization. I believed I was building something that mattered. Instead of promoting the person already doing the work, leadership hired a lateral engineering manager alongside me. Over time, responsibility stayed with me while authority and support shifted elsewhere. I became the person expected to absorb every problem. My first manager used me to fill every gap instead of developing me. I was expected to handle support, incident response, production releases, coding, architecture, project management, and people management—all at the same time. My second manager sidelined me, criticized me, and focused on replacing me instead of developing me. I was once told I was "lucky to be useful, or I wouldn't still be here." That statement summed up the culture. Leadership expected constant availability while frequently being unavailable themselves. When leadership was out, I was expected to cover. I spent over a year supporting both U.S. and India time zones, making true time off nearly impossible. RealPage has incredibly talented people, but talented employees cannot overcome a culture where managers are consumed instead of developed. I loved building teams. I just wish the company had valued the people who built them.

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RealPage Response
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Thank you for sharing such a candid and detailed account of your experience. We're glad the engineering tools, talent, and flexibility of remote work stood out positively, and we take seriously what you've described about being stretched across responsibilities without matching authority or support. No manager should feel they have to absorb everything alone, and your point about developing managers rather than overloading them is well taken. We'd welcome the chance to understand your experience further—please consider reaching out to your HRBP so we can address this directly. Thank you for the years you have invested in building your team.
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