Reckoning is coming for a lot of bad employees that were protected by bad leadership - Senior Software Engineer Relativity Employee Review

2.0
Jan 16, 2023
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Pros

Relativity truly is a leader in the industry. There are parts of the company that run well and have strong leaders. I'm confident that we're in a better place now with some leadership gone.

Cons

The company was being led by some objectively terrible people, and leaders in the C suite that just left. They would openly play favorites with low performing people in the Security org, and their "confidently wrong" mindset was hindering growth, that's why they got pushed out. I think there are a lot of terrible managers in Security that just realized their bully CSO can't save them anymore. The Poland teams are openly sexist and racist against anyone who isn't Polish and their leadership doesn't care, I suspect because they tacitly support it. There's a strong us vs. them mentality that comes through in all forms of work. The AI side of the house is all show, no go. Their purported "AI" leader just likes to regurgitate others' words. He literally has no idea of the computing and tech behind it, but he'll promote himself as some AI visionary when in reality he's just a snake oil salesman. Oh and their pay is terrible by market standards, despite the flowery, smug responses the CHRO gives. She's never been in real tech, just some worthless startup from the UK, so she's not speaking from experience.

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5.0
Jul 10, 2026
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Pros

Extremely supportive environment; everyone is there to help you succeed.

Cons

No noticeable or prominent cons.

2.0
Jul 15, 2026
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Pros

Free Lunch on Wednesdays Solid Benefits Good pay for new hires

Cons

The flexible work week doesn't actually exist. It's an excuse to require some employees to work more than the 40 hour work week. Chicago employees are required to go into the office at least 2 days a week, even if rest of the team is remote. My specific team is without clear direction or leadership. Performative corporate jargon is rewarded over meaningful contributions. Existing employees are paid significantly less than new hires. At least on my team, there have been differences of $20 to $30K in annual salary for the same level.

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