Pros
The colleagues I've met, both in and outside of projects, have been supportive, kind, dependable, and intelligent—truly great people. Leadership (excluding the CEO) is skilled, supportive, and full of great ideas.
Cons
The CEO's lack of maturity, business acumen, and overall influence undermine the professionalism, potential, and culture of this company. Constructive feedback or basic business questions raised in internal meetings are met with childish defensiveness, leading to blame, insults, and chastising of employees, often accompanied by temper tantrums over trivial matters. As a result, most employees are begrudgingly compliant, unable to express reasonable business concerns openly. The CEO's unhealthy obsession with AI has led to the neglect of critical, revenue-generating resources and valuable employees, focusing instead on small AI projects that cater to a few favored individuals. These favored employees are consistently recognized in meetings, while the majority of skilled employees who drive actual revenue are left feeling undervalued and invisible (one wonders who left the reviews with no cons). Unfortunately, many of the pros that once made the company stand out are being removed. Despite leadership's efforts to address significant issues, the CEO's spontaneous and self-serving decisions consistently reverse progress, particularly by altering key benefits such as work arrangements and PTO. In 2023, the CEO's negligence and lack of planning resulted in the loss of 50 employees, half the company. With no strategic business plan in place or in development, this instability continues to take a toll on the workforce, continuing in making RTS Labs a lost cause.