Is Red Ventures a good company to work for?

Red Ventures has an overall rating of 3.1 out of 5, based on over 2,285 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 5% over the last 12 months. 53% of employees would recommend working at Red Ventures to a friend and 36% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Red Ventures have been left by employees working as Manager , Director and Content Writer .

Does Red Ventures pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Red Ventures employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Red Ventures. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Red Ventures?

53% of Red Ventures employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Red Ventures 3.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.2 for culture and values and 3.3 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Red Ventures?

Inside Sales Representative (210) , Sales Agent (92) , Sales Representative (89) , Sales Associate (80) , Sales Professional (60) , Software Engineer (56) , Associate (43) , Master Sales Agent (37) , Sales (31) , Director (30) , Analyst (26) , Senior Sales Agent (26) , Senior Associate (23) , Senior Software Engineer (23) , Inside Sales (19)

What are the pros of working at Red Ventures according to real employee reviews?

"The only positive thing I can think of about RV is that the people you work with are by and large great." ((in 176 reviews)); "This is a great benefit for people who are starting families or have young kids in daycare." ((in 132 reviews)); "Like everyone else says... you can make good money if you're in the top 10 or so of your business." ((in 79 reviews)); "Uncapped commission so you can bring in a lot of money (in addition to hourly check) a month." ((in 42 reviews)); "I received good training and was able to do very well on the phones selling home services as a result." ((in 41 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Red Ventures according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management and little to no accountability" ((in 78 reviews)); "In one month I was on three different businesses with four different schedules and four different managers." ((in 55 reviews)); "The CEO and others in senior leadership talked a lot about politics during company meetings and during certain events." ((in 48 reviews)); "Long hours stuck on the phones" ((in 35 reviews)); "demeaning, discouraging, and excessive amounts of contradictory information that’s backed by a group of two faced, condescending, dishonest and backstabbing upper management." ((in 25 reviews))

What are employees saying about Red Ventures layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Red Ventures layoffs and their outlook for job security at Red Ventures in 2026.

Red Ventures reviews

3.1

53% would recommend to a friend

(2,051 total reviews)

Ric Elias

56% approve of CEO

36% positive business outlook

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3.6

Diversity & inclusion

3.3

Career opportunities

3.2

Culture & values

3.1

Work/Life balance

3.0

Compensation and benefits

2.7

Senior management

Red Ventures has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 2,051 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Red Ventures employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).

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2K reviews

1.0

Sep 6, 2022

A terrible place to work - CEO has founder syndrome and everyone's afraid...

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Nice headquarters buildings Great equity pay if you stick around for 7+ years to collect it Lots of vibrant early-career employees who are well-intentioned

Cons

Founder-led CEO is highly narcissistic and cosseted by an inner circle of home-grown managers who all have very little industry experience beyond RV. Churn and burn work environment, a lot of hubris about the product / value of RV businesses (which is essentially just a clickbait farm and digital sales firm), and very little curiosity or experience beyond the hubris and hype the PR team work constantly on to prop up and promote the CEO Toxic culture; everyone is expected to hype up the organization, the CEO and the leadership team constantly, and it's very "woke-washing". No actual inclusivity, diversity or equity focus. Anyone who steps out of line, questions anything or demonstrates the acumen to be critical of the status quo is fired summarily. Most of the great staff who come on board from outside stay less than a year, and then quit. Likewise, all their experienced industry talent come in through acquisitions (Healthline, Lonely Planet etc) and quit within 6 months.

1.0

May 11, 2019

The culture is a lie

Business analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

I started red ventures inspired and ready to take on my career, putting in the necessary hard work to succeed and develop great relationships. Red ventures provided a training ground to accelerate my technical skills and provide knowledge of their business model that could be replicated at any other large digital marketing firm. Knowledge that I will build on at other companies.

Cons

The good culture is what RV prides itself on yet throughout my time the opposite was true, management ignores the toxicity that reigns through each team. Toxic directors and VPs who neglect great talent and can destroy careers at any moment because they feel like it. The review cycles are poorly managed and made to suppress incomes and talent. I wouldn’t recommend anyone who believes in developing a long healthy career to work here. The stress worrying about how your perceived only to get pushed out after producing great work is unacceptable. Once you leave the company you realize how poorly everyone around the Charlotte market thinks of RV.

1.0

Apr 23, 2019

Not a product company.

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

* Kool-aid in the form of all hands meetings where the CEO brags about how much money we make. * A lot of the developers here are nice and helpful, but move into the business side, it's a bull session.

Cons

No raises even though we are making a boat load of cash via the CEO talking points Their idea of product is throwing a new grad from UNC on a project. No research, planning, requirement gathering. Poor senior leadership, changes directions every three months. Some of the VP folks can barely put together metrics or stats to present an idea. Tech stack recommended by cto is go and nodejs. But they can't hire go devs to save their life.

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