Most toxic and dysfunctional place I've ever worked - Marketing Roku Employee Review

1.0
16 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

-Pay is good to start (never changes though) -Benefits fully covered for single employees, mostly covered for spouse -Stock is currently up

Cons

People are miserable and actively hate each other. Very few people are happy (maybe some engineers?). The rest of us are tired and beat down from constant change, reorgs, and projects that go nowhere. Leadership isn't aligned. VPs scrabble for power. Direction changes. Projects get killed. The cycle repeats. The looks on faces you pass in the hallway say it all. Everyone I talk to is miserable and looking for another job. That may not be the case for all departments, but is certainly isn't an isolated experience. The company cares more about RTO swipes and AI logins than keeping good talent. And they track both weekly. If you fall below an arbitrary percentage (which you're unable to see for yourself) they have reasonable cause to fire you without severance. Which they do often. RTO is currently at 4 days a week and expected to go to 5 any day now. All for a culture of scrambling for conference rooms and sitting in traffic. Whatever you're hired to do, you won't be trusted to do it. If that sounds fun, this is your place! If you're actually good at your job, go somewhere you'll be valued.

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5.0
31 May 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Direct and open environment. Great people

Cons

Comp program is not great. no annual inflation adjusted pay

2.0
22 May 2026
Recommend
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Pros

-Good pay when you start out -Free snacks around the office

Cons

-The salary you get when you start will remain your salary until you get promoted, fired, or you quit. No adjustments for inflation or performance, period. -While health insurance is good (assuming you don't have a spouse or kids at least), other benefits are bad. No 401K matching, no tuition assistance. Whenever a standard holiday like Memorial Day comes around, all the managers say "while Roku's doesn't officially have the day off, I'm taking it and so should you!" as if it isn't a federal holiday that most everyone gets off without needing to ask for permission first. -Managers are bad at providing transparent feedback.

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