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Peter Rex

78% approve of CEO

75% positive business outlook

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1.0
Oct 21, 2022

A Masterclass In How Not To Run A Tech Company

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great co-workers and a really fun place to work. Actually pretty high pay if you ask for it. If not they are more than happy to lowball you

Cons

You'll never actually get to build anything because you are constantly pivoting and throwing stuff out. There is no focus they have almost 0 tech experience and yet are trying to start 10 tech companies at the same time. I'm pretty sure they put a bunch of words in a hat and draw 2 of them out and if that sounds like a good name they will start a company. And if they do have a company that might end up being successful they will cannibalize it and split it up into 4 different companies. The ego of the leadership is absolutely out of control. That should be pretty obvious because they think they can start 10 companies without ever being successful in a single company. They literally made jackets that have 4 commas on them because they believe it's going to be a trillion-dollar company. Don't get me wrong this should actually be a good thing that you are confident and will fake it until you make it. But they believe they are the smartest people in the room and know exactly how to do everything and refuse to listen to any advice from people that actually know what they are doing. They've actually made some really good hires for people that have experience growing and building tech companies. But when they come in the inner Rex entourage gets scared because they might lose their power and they get rid of them. Since they are an anti-tech tech company and they are the only ones who know the actual way to run tech companies so they refuse to raise VC money. So they only want to raise a few million here and a million there from the good ol' boy's network. So they have a big expensive capital-raising team to raise money yet they still haven't raised anything meaningful. And now they have run out of money and are doing mass layoffs. I guess they are finally so desperate that they will try to raise money from VCs but I doubt any VCs want to invest money in a bunch of businesses with 1-2 employees and a bunch of offshore engineers. They brand themselves as the new tech leadership and they are not like other tech companies. The funny thing is the way they are not like other tech companies is by being like old traditional corporations. The ones with tons of bureaucracy, where you can't speak to the person next door you have to go through someone else to talk to them. The ones where you need to run everything by somebody who is not there for the day-to-day work. The ones where you are micromanaged by an executive who is supposed to be focused on running 10 companies but is concerned with how much padding is around a button. The ones where brown-nosing and talking get you promoted rather than actually doing good work. The ones where there is no transparency where the people at the top make decisions and they don't tell anyone. They keep saying just to trust them because they are the smartest people in tech. And they became the smartest people in tech by reading books about Amazon. Yes, this trillion-dollar ecosystem of 10 companies that are going to take over the tech industry is completely run on books about Amazon. There is a clear track record of failure here. They've had a few tech plays and they've all failed. They completely burn the network in their current city so they pick up and move to another city until they fail and burn the network again. Since they are once again doing mass layoffs they will soon re-brand and move to another city. Hopefully, if you are thinking about working here you do your research and are able to uncover these previous failures and know that history doesn't always repeat itself but in this case, it probably will.

5.0
Jul 5, 2022
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Pros

-World-class team - I've worked at several large-scale organizations, and it is rare to find this caliber of people -High ownership culture - it's a startup, so there's very little bureaucracy. You will work with leadership to set a goal and then own the end-to-end delivery -Empowered to make decisions - You can think of a product or process improvement and put it out into the world that same week -Building products for the underserved - it's a very mission-oriented company, building real estate technology for people that are using pen, paper, or text messages to manage their day-to-day jobs -Upward mobility - if you perform well, leadership will continue to promote you and increase your responsibilities

Cons

-Lack of structure - can be difficult if you struggle with ambiguity. You often have to be the driver of setting your own goals and priorities -Long hours - working hours can be unpredictable. Teams will typically work on nights and weekends to hit a product launch deadline or other milestones -Frequent pivots - if you are working on a pre-seed company, you can be pivoted off to work on a completely different team if the company is not viable - these decisions can happen quickly so you need to be adaptable -No formal professional development - there are no explicit or routine performance evaluations. It's primarily on you to keep tabs on how you are doing. -Career progression is unclear - no clear line of sight as to what your next role will be. More often than not, roles open up last minute if a new startup is launched, and you are asked if you want to take that role with little time to decide.

1.0
Nov 15, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

We’ll pay you... eventually! No but seriously we own property across the country and have large bank accounts. We promise!

Cons

Do you enjoy huge egos, exploitative leadership, and social Darwinism?? Rex might be the perfect fit for you! Let’s walk through your future career at Rex! Onboarding: while sending hundreds of canned LinkedIn messages is a top priority having an actual interview process is NOT. We expect you to “demonstrate initiative” by coordinating all your own interviewers! Part of the challenge is figuring out who wont ghost you for more “important meetings,” respect prevents us from achieving our highest value of “speed at any cost.” pro tip: We “refresh” our recruiting team weekly so be sure you keep your eyes on the LinkedIn page to know who’s made the cut this week! Your first day: remember the olden days where companies provided equipment to their employees, not us! We let you spend your own money on those! Laptops, chairs, functional internet, and access credentials are our first test of your true grit. We believe the strongest players can overcome all obstacles! Be prepared to beg, borrow, and steal your way to success!! Your first week: Collaboration is dead, long live survival of the fittest! We believe in everyone for themselves! We’ll have you onboard the manager who’ll eventually undermine your accomplishments, sabotage your achievements, and inevitably replace you with someone more exploitable! Weekly check-ins: Remember those pesky performance reviews! We do things differently! We lie to your face at weekly check-in’s. We want only the best and know that the highest performers will succeed under any adverse condition. Your last day: after having worked 3 weeks straight of 14 hour day’s with little sleep. You’ll receive “the call,” this is our final opportunity to demonstrate our true values. We’ll inform you of your graduation into the ranks of our numerous accomplished alumni, which we affectionately to refer to as “Rex-exers” Rex wants you! So if your lack of any integrity resonates with these values we can’t wait for you to “invent the future” with us by elevating your humanity! You may be the final straw we’ve been needing to finally collapse our entire house of cards! Talk soon!

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