Real Chemistry Reviews

Pros

All are good in the company

Cons

Not many cons in this company

Pros

Good pay Fun people Potential mentorship opportunities Cool clients

Cons

Management is disorganized and frankly out of touch - they focus on more senior staff retention and forget junior staff have lives. Town halls and pillar meetings are flat out not useful- constant promises of change but no change. The new CEO has no background in comms/ the industry and has essentially said in townhalls that he wants to make RC into a healthcare comms sweatshop. Pervasive feeling of never being enough, having enough clients, or enough companies under the RC umbrella - management is always looking to buy more, charge more, be more profitable. Micro-lens into billability as well. Also, no culture to speak of since Jim left.

Pros

Great benefits package Great remote/hybrid work model

Cons

For a company who is said to be “very big on mental health” and goes as far as even offering so many paid-for private personal therapy sessions a year per employee, they sure have no regard whatsoever when it comes to their employees’ mental well-being. HR lacks urgency and is non responsive when it comes to responding to borderline harassment claims even though the company has a “strict” no retaliation policy. Senior management consists of narcissistic & mentally unstable dictators who patronize their employees & see them as a threats as opposed to assets to their teams. They have little to no respect and zero interpersonal skills, this example of senior management referring to the payroll manager specifically. You can be directly threatened to your face, request a mediation with HR and they will tell you they understand your concerns, set up a meeting with you and reschedule it 5 times & for 4 weeks later while you walk on eggshells around your psychotic manager fearing for your job security. Even after expressing concerns multiple times and having multiple (atleast 3) other employees complain about the same thing (person) nothing is done in this company to improve on these issues as it is not seen as a priority. Would honestly never recommend working for this company as in the world we live in today, work-life balance & a healthy mentality is crucial and those qualities are not valued with this company.

Pros

Everyone is great, lots of collaborative minds.

Cons

Team is spread out across the country so you don't get to see everyone in person.

Pros

- Some very smart people - Interesting and diverse clients -4th Trimester program

Cons

Working at RC is like working in high school. There are definitely favorites (people who were there when it was Weisscom, W20, etc.) and those who aren't. People are pitted against each other. It makes it unbareable to come to work sometimes. I'm not sure what is up with the Jim Weiss worship/sucking up. Additionally, I'm not sure what this company wants to be. It started out as a comms agency, but acquires companies left and right with little strategy. The company grows too fast, and employees are left confused. What is this company trying to be?

Pros

Great culture on paper, pay is strong

Cons

Finger pointing, turnover, zero alignment, ideas with zero plans or ability to execute, benefits are comprehensive but comparatively severely over priced