Pros
Not a whole lot of good things to say other than some of the people you get to work with are great.
Cons
1. Early on in your employment, it feels like there was a bait and switch from what you were promised during the interview process and what the reality is. Remote work, sure. One day a week after 90 days with absolutely zero flexibility otherwise. 2. Micromanagement: RQ loves to tout how they hire only the brightest, top performers in the industry. You can't hire smart, experienced individuals and expect they respond well to micromanagement. Every single moment of your day will be taken up with either customer calls or pointless internal meetings to ensure everyone is actually working. Which means you are never left with any real time to catch up on customer needs or follow ups resulting in working at home after hours just to stay afloat. The expectation is that if you travel (which they really push even when customers don't want to you visit their offices), you work on the plane. If you land in the morning, you're expected to go into the office. 3. Management: No surprise here. No one has any real managerial experience outside of RQ. The age range of "leaders" is in the 26-30 year old bucket. They've grown up in the RQ company culture and have zero concept how toxic it is and that it's not normal. Because of this inexperience, the approach is often times intimidation and bullying to get results. You'll commonly hear that RQ is a very feedback-oriented company which really translates into management criticizing every aspect of who you are and how you do your job. If you even think of giving feedback to management, they'll fire you. I witnessed it multiple times and there is zero transparency when someone is let go, nor are there any performance plans in place to help people overcome their struggles. 4. The executive leadership team quite literally all came from the same fraternity and that is how they run the company. There are mental health coaches to keep people positive by sharing pointless anecdotes around living a better life. There was always a strong emphasis on working out and eating right..making the hard choices. The execs are completely un-inclusive and tone deaf when it comes to anything outside of the Florida bubble they've all lived in the majority of their lives. 5. Absolutely zero emphasis on DE&I initiatives. Creativity and uniqueness are not seen as positive traits at RQ. Everyone is expected to look a certain way and fit into a certain mold. Probably why they frequently recruit for this role from sororities at the Florida universities.
