Best for new grads but definitely with its cons
Pros
- Great place to grow and learn, especially for new grads - You're given a lot of autonomy and ownership of your work - Generally high rate of promotion if you stick with the company and contribute - Both women and men take parental leave which is impressive. Included those higher up in the org structure - Generally nice people who are knowledge - The C-suit is aware of their high turnover and lack of retention, including in the area of DEI. I also feel like the C-suit does try to address these issues, be involved, and meet with people which I appreciated
Cons
- I was here for a few years and was initially impressed with the level of DEI at the company. However, they have since left in droves because they weren't getting promoted, were last on their team to get promoted, and/or found out they were at the bottom of their pay band with respect to their team. Yet are told they're doing great work and a lot of it. - Interns are all hired full-time at a fixed rate. Even if they have more experience than others and have interned at Relativity for multiple summers - Good place to start out but probably not a good place to stay - Managers are not trained for their role and can make/break the experience. I was lucky and had a good manager but many others have not been so fortunate - Understaffed with limited backfill, which results in people burning out and leaving, which results in even more understaffing. Then, because you were understaffed, the people leaving caused knowledge voids. Viscous cycle - IT and cybersecurity make your job harder, not easier, and are among the top barriers to productivity. They also resist change and fail to fix problems at their source. You just keep doing the same "fixs" again and again. How can you innovate if your IT and cybersecurity aren't working with you to innovate solutions