A Ship Adrift in Turbulent Waters - Anonymous employee Relias Employee Review

2.0
May 3, 2024
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The benefits were decent and I enjoyed working with most of my co-workers. ERGs were cool and even though I didn't get a chance to officially join any, the few events I went to were awesome.

Cons

Leadership has no clue what they are doing. They make one head-scratching decision after another. Then when the outcome isn't what they expected, instead of saying hmm perhaps we are the ones at fault they instead shift the blame to employees. Which then leads to mass layoffs. It's been nothing but a rinse and repeat on that cycle for several years now. I secretly imagine that they just throw darts at a wall to determine what "strategic" move they are going to make next. The lights may be on in C Suite, but clearly no one is home. I used to brag about Relias all the time but now not so much. You definitely aren't paid what you should be making at all for your role in this industry. And now that merit increases went bye bye, you never will. The environment has gotten beyond toxic. From gaslighting to backstabbing you name it, it is going on.Favoritism just running rampant left and right and if you aren't a leader's favorite, good luck trying to move up. Sadly there are still some diehard Kool-Aid drinkers that haven't removed their rose-colored glasses yet. I feel for them but when that inevitable day comes, cause trust me it will, they will regret not leaving the ship of their own free will before they are thrown overboard to fend for themselves in the deep waters. No longer being at Relias is the blessing I needed! It is a sinking ship.

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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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2.0
Apr 23, 2026
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Pros

Some of the peers met.

Cons

You have to be a "yes" person. It is not about your productivity or tenure. The organization celebrates the money-makers. They romanticize a false sense of community. They celebrate the coffee shop with a zombie like fixation. It doesn't detract from the underlying problems of management being out of touch with employees. Their inability to read the room has been present for a while. They failed to see during Covid that it takes more than food, drink and "community" when the fact of the matter was that it only showed lack of trust in their employees. Team meetings consist of a manager who is incapable of reigning in meetings that devolve into nonsense and wasted time. Obvious bias exists as there are clear favorites on the team, and their ideas are more readily accepted and heard. Comments as to appearance lead to obvious preference and isolation of other team members. Now that DEI is thing of the past and everyone is trying to navigate it smoothly, Relias proceeds to post the whitest President’s Club photo ever. It’s completely tone-deaf. They continue to make decisions that may seem to make sense at the top but have no relevance or need when it comes to employees.

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