Manipulative and deceitful culture from the legacy middle management layer, great recent executive hires - Anonymous employee Relativity Employee Review

2.0
Mar 29, 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

A lot of the newer additions to the management team bring in an outside perspective and will make the company more modern (tools, ideas, processes, and the tech itself are quite dated otherwise). A desire to treat people well (though less so on compensation) that is genuine.

Cons

Lots of cliques of middle managers that came up through the ranks via hard work instead of smart work (used to be the culture apparently) and a lot of kool aid chugging. Mediocrity with arrogance and lack of desire to learn from the outside world (they just read the same couple books the founder recommends every year) makes for a weird culture and severe underperformance that is usually masked under the veil of extreme activity (fire drill mode on 24/7). Over reliance on “data” as a way to justify micromanagement. Market leader attitude = Assume everything the company does is best in class Deceitful approach to getting people to always take on more work and to glam up jobs that are meant as grunt work for the benefit of the legacy bros Toxic culture from the middle management layer starts influencing some people with growth aspirations that only see joining one of the cliques as the path forward and sabotaging others as normal behavior

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Relativity Response
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Thank you for sharing your feedback around working at Relativity. While this is not the experience that we intend for our employees to have with the managers on their teams, I appreciate the insights you’ve shared and would welcome a one-on-one conversation to discuss your experience further. Relativity’s talent first approach prioritizes our people and we are consistently working on improving our accountability, processes and successes to the benefit of the organization broadly. In order to continue strengthening management skills at the mid- and senior levels, we are implementing more robust management and inclusivity trainings in 2020. Additionally, we operate as a feedback-driven culture and ask that our team members share honest feedback with their colleagues whenever they feel it’s necessary, including constructive criticism for managers. The 360 Manager Feedback process provides opportunities for Relativians to share feedback with managers to help them improve their management skills. Please reach out to me directly as I’d be happy to connect with you on your experience and learn how we can continue to improve. – Beth Clutterbuck, Chief Human Resources Officer

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