RealSelf Reviews

The company aims for one thing, but act in almost the opposite way Aim: They invest in their people Action: The company recently let go of several key staff over the last few months, without ever telling the company why. One day they are there, next, who knows. A few weeks back, a primary stakeholder in a major program was just gone. This left us with nobody to actual do the work and set back our project by months. Aim: To be the go to destination for the aesthetic customers Action: On my team, the leadership punted several key large scale tech investments that are essential to properly serving customers and growing the company. This frustrates staff, leads to a bad customer experience, and sets us behind competitors. Aim: Transparency between leaders and teams Action: We often hear about hyped up big investments in key groups or initiatives that fail to get off the ground - most never to be heard of again. This only baits gossip, distrust and concern among employees.

Engineering management is not invested in the growth of their engineers. There is zero vision for the future of the codebase and engineers are encouraged to take shortcuts, write cruft, and never revisit it. If you take any pride in your craft as an engineer, stay away. High performers are belittled and not given the tools to deliver at a high bar. In the past few months many of the best engineers have quit.