Morons Last Forever at Global Relay - Recensione dipendente - Product Manager presso Global Relay

I read the last few reviews here and now I have decided to write my experience at GR. High turnover: Nobody likes to work here. Definitely Vancouver's number one [citation needed]. Management: The management team is immature and power hungry. They do not have any corporate skills and they will not survive a single day in any other organization. They have mouthful of titles, no skills. One top manager is hiring (or I should say bringing in) his ex-workers from other organizations and they are firing long time employees for that reason. One review mentioned that and it is true. Some of those people did not even go through any interview or proper processes. They were just hired because they used to work with him. And it is also true and well known in the company that one of the development managers was rejected after the interview but he was hired because his boss (that top manager) wanted him here though interviewers found he does not have the skills to join this team. Shame! One review already mentioned his job responsibility; I like to add this one: most of the time he has been seen busy making fruit salads at work. He has been with the company for over 5 years and his contribution to this company is zero. It should be negative as he is destroying company's reputation and revenue at the same time. HR is really bad, I have never seen such awful HR anywhere yet. They are basically destroying this company with the help from Development management team. HR can reject any candidate without any good reason after interviews, they do not ask for feedback from the teams. It is extremely difficult to hire senior or intermediate developers/QA now. Nobody wants to join this company as they are reading reviews here or they already know the inside stories. If you go to HR with any issue, then there is only one solution - quit your job, don't complain. Crazy and strange vacation policies! If you want to take 2 weeks or more vacation days in Q1, you have to take unpaid leave. If you are a person who likes to say "yes" or "it's a great idea" to your boss all the time then you are doing a great job. You have to be a moron and you cannot ask them anything or correct them. You'll get a very secure job and eventually you will be promoted. You do not need skills, you have to be a moron to be promoted. If you don't agree with them then you are in trouble. Most of the people are not happy here and it is very true. If you are a new hire it will not take more than 3 months to figure out what's happening here. HR talks about career growth and opportunities and it's a bluff. HR has no clue how to do their job, they cannot even help you with anything. Don't bother going to HR, they will take action against you. The company has been working for over 7 years on an instant messaging platform. And it is not released yet. That tells you how things work there. And another review already mentioned that "Symphony" software, nobody will use Global Relay's product. That ship has sailed. They have not realized it yet. Soon they have to start firing those teams. Salary is not competitive. Other companies pay at least 15% more for the same position and responsibility. If you are promoted your salary will remain the same here. Try talk to HR for a raise, you'll regret later. Exodus: starting in 2017. I can go forever but I need to stop now. Summary: All the bad managers (they formed a gang and it's highly toxic and political now) have a very secure job there, they do not take any responsibility but blame others for their mistakes and they do it in public. They have huge egos and no skills (ego = 1/knowledge, more the knowledge lesser the ego, lesser the knowledge more the ego). If you think you are like that type of person then GR is a perfect place for you.