Pros
Financially, we just had a really good year. Relativity is the leader in the industry and that isn't changing anytime soon. The company is filled with truly kind, brilliant people who you're going to love working with. Shifting to remote work has been an absolute boon for remote work and our ability to attract top industry talent. Pay and benefits are solid. It's interesting, important work in an interesting, important field. This might sound like a weird one but Relativity Fest, our annual industry conference, is an absolute blast.
Cons
As good as the year has been for the company and it's bottom line, it's been a wild ride for employees lately. Our ongoing cloud transformation has led to a lot of tension and uncertainty. That ship is mostly righted but many people are still burnt out from the work that went into getting there. We're a little over a year away from layoffs- letting go of people who we really needed right when we needed them. Since then A LOT of hiring has shifted to Poland. On top of that we've had a leadership change. To some extent, you can't argue with the results we've had with Phil as CEO but from a... day to day standpoint as an employee there's been a pretty big shift in quality of life. This used to feel like a company that bent over backwards for employees- that made sure we had all the tools (for we needed to be successful (we shifted from Zoom to Teams and it's been... challenging), that communicated everything that was going on regularly and honestly. Mike Gamson's great strength as CEO was his ability to communicate, and his genuine empathy for employees. Phil may be good at making money but he just doesn't seem to care much about the people who work for the company. It feels like our DEI programs- something we used to be REALLY committed to- have fallen by the wayside. Finally, like a lot of companies, we're shifting back to in office work which will cause massive disruption to the lives of many employees who have built their lives around the promise that we were going to be fully remote for good. When asked why and how we would measure the success of the return, the answer was basically "vibes." When people shared ideas for how this whole process could be improved, the answer was a blunt "we're not doing that."