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RTS Labs

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RTS Labs reviews

3.0

34% would recommend to a friend

(62 total reviews)
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Jyot Singh

45% approve of CEO

31% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.2

Diversity & inclusion

2.9

Work/Life balance

2.8

Culture & values

2.7

Senior management

2.7

Career opportunities

2.6

Compensation and benefits

RTS Labs has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 62 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The RTS Labs employee rating is 22% below average for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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62 reviews
5.0
Dec 19, 2016

2 Months of Working at RTS

Software engineer
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Pros

The people - I've only been here for just under 2 months and I'm already certain that this is the greatest group of people I've ever worked with. Everyone is intelligent, hardworking, and extremely friendly. There are no egos here. There is no one who will cut you down to try to build themselves up and impress management. Everyone is willing and ready to share any knowledge they have and help you in any way they can. The environment - No cubicles, free snacks, somewhat flexible work hours, fun team-building activities, good people, what more could you want? The organization - No endless layers of corporate hierarchy and bureaucracy to slow down work and take credit for your accomplishments. You'll be able to work with cutting-edge technologies without having to beg the half dozen managers above you for permission.

Cons

I can only really think of two, maybe three cons for working at RTS. 1. You won't get much hand-holding. If you're not motivated to get things done, you won't succeed here. But, really, wouldn't you rather a true sense of accomplishment than someone who tells you exactly what to do every day? 2. Working here may ruin you for any future jobs in corporate America - If you're cut out for the work, the environment is seriously great and you'll never want to see the inside of a cubicle again. 3. If you're the type of person who needs to climb the corporate ladder, you'll be greatly disappointed. Here, there really is no ladder. But that doesn't mean you won't get compensated for the quality of work that you do - just that you may not end up with a fancy title, corner office and a group of subordinates to boss around. But, having no ladder isn't a bad thing. With 'no ladder' there's not 10 people above you on a hierarchy chart that will be able to take credit for the good work you do.

5.0
Dec 13, 2016

Super exciting team

Anonymous employee
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Pros

As I was reading the only negative review about RTS Labs I felt that I needed to respond with some comments that are more positive, more accurate and are based on a long-term relationship with the company. For the records, I no longer work at RTS and left the company for personal reasons more than two years ago. I have been a part of RTS from the beginning and was fortunate to work with the CEO extremely close and long enough to know him really well. We all know that Entrepreneurs have attention disorder and the CEO is no exception. With that said, he is probably the most ethical, honest and caring person that I have ever met in my professional life. In my 3+ years at the company, I don’t remember him raising his voice even once at any one. While working at RTS, we all took many risks and made countless errors, and the only thing we were told was to learn from it and make new ones. RTS was all about performance, delivery and continuous learning. There was absolutely no room for office politics, disrespect, sucking up, BS etc. As we used to joke around, RTS is the place where all the misfits fit really well. The company has fostered a collaborative, open work environment where employees are encouraged to speak up with both positive and negative comments. As a result, most of the employees are very loyal to the company. If I remember correctly, we lost only one employee during the time I was there, and that to Google. I am still in touch with my colleagues there and they are all still happily working at RTS for more than 5+ years (RTS is only 6 years old). I agree that entering time into Teamwork was not pleasant but to be honest, time entry as a whole is a pain and no one enjoys doing it anyways.

Cons

Is RTS the perfect place for everyone? Absolutely not. Employees who need structure and/or very hands-on management or those who feel like they have to over-please the boss will not work out. Those people typically leave on their own, or they are terminated in fairly short order to preserve the very positive work environment for the others.

2.0
Dec 6, 2016

Interesting Experience

Anonymous employee
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Pros

A lot of the people at RTS are smart and dedicated. The company generally has good perks e.g. Macs for most people who want them, birthday cake each month, developer meetings for improving skills. Some projects are more interesting than run-of-the-mill consulting.

Cons

The owner/CEO has and cultivates something of a cult of personality. Everyone spends significant effort trying to please him (and I'm not sure many people realize it). This is partly a result of RTS's recruitment, interview and retention practices. You should know that this cult of personality exists. If you are comfortable "sucking up" and either appearing busy or avoiding the appearance of any problems, at least from the CEO's perspective, you'll be okay; suck up extra if you want to get ahead. Otherwise, just avoid this place. If you anger the CEO, prepare for a very brutal and public excoriation without warning. The project management methodologies are also pretty lousy. Not the worst I've seen in the industry, but fairly poor. The main project manager (at least when I was there a while ago) seems to be more concerned with making Costco trips, erecting Christmas trees and planning office parties rather than being an effective PM. You may be assigned to a project for which you don't have the requisite skills or expertise, and you will be blamed for the resulting failure. Inefficiency is something of a problem. The office is organized as one giant open space, with Ikea tables set up as desks. This is fairly common in the industry, and is bad. RTS was foolish to emulate it. The time entry system is also awful. RTS uses a system called TeamWork, which has multiple bugs and just a user-hostile user interface. Prepare to spend a lot of time being frustrated at this software. (RTS originally used Harvest for time entry, but couldn't justify the modest cost and so shifted to TeamWork.) Most of the people are quite good, but there are a few key curmudgeons who more or less reject any ideas they haven't thought of. Since the company has a cult of personality, this is fairly problematic. Prepare to appease them along with the CEO. Finally, this place has a *massively* overinflated estimate of its importance. As it grows, RTS is becoming more of a run-of-the-mill Java consulting shop (with some .NET thrown in just for fun!), but to hear the owner describe it, they're an innovative, cutting-edge company. The owner appears to believe in his own propaganda Overall, it's a pretty lousy place. It's really not the worst place I've worked, but it could be a lot better. Once you dig below the surface, you'll find that working to make a relatively impulsive and emotional person happy is not fulfilling.

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