Shiny office can't hide negative undercurrents - Anonymous employee Relias Employee Review

2.0
Oct 14, 2025
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

-- I love my team members -- Free snacks, 321 Coffee -- The woman at the reception office is amazing, friendly, and greets every contractor and employee by name like they are Norm from Cheers... she truly makes you feel special even though you are just 1 of several hundred people in the building.

Cons

-- open office space with no assigned desks so you have to schlep 20 pounds of stuff every day -- 30 out of 90 days "hybrid" schedule sounds flexible until you realize that after deducting weekends, holidays, PTO, etc, it is more like 3-4 days / week in office. -- they actively count your badge swipes and send out public progress reports to count how many days you have come into the office and name and shame who is not coming into the office enough -- increasingly relying on contractors instead of FTEs and contractors are excluded from a lot of meetings and given no feedback -- everyone is living in fear of the next round of layoffs -- agile teams are very competitive and territorial and pitted against each other -- expectation to show up in the office but you're still always on a TEAMS call which defeats the purpose of in-person "collaboration" -- turf wars and politics and hoarding of knowledge by some people. -- unlimited PTO but only if you have enough badge swipes to get your quota of in-office days in.

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5.0
Apr 18, 2026
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Pros

Amazing corporate culture Leadership listened to engineering on tools, technology stack, etc Actual product ownership, including necessary input and control (instead of being told you own a product and then not given the necessary access or tools to maintain it)

Cons

Hiring process involved psychological screening with a lot of implicit bias, almost like an IQ test. On the plus side, I've been told they discontinued its use after that was pointed out.

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3.0
Jul 18, 2026
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Pros

You have kind co-workers and good benefits.

Cons

The strategic direction is unclear for many parts of the business. There is not enough transparency around hiring decisions - including who is still with the company and where there are opportunities for growth.

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