Pros
Folks at the associate level are smart, and I met a lot of hardworking people that I cherish as colleagues and friends. But this in no way compensates for the level of absolute incompetence that abounds at Redshelf.
Cons
Disclaimer: I want to emphasize that I am not a disgruntled or fired employee. I left of my own accord after spending an inordinate amount of time and effort trying to make things better at Redshelf. I truly wish my experience had been different. Also, “management” will undoubtedly respond to this with a word-salad-filled rebuttal. FYI: It’s all hogwash. TL;DR: Redshelf is a toxic work environment permeated by racism, sexism, and unbelievable amounts of incompetence. The executives are driving the company into the ground. Work is ridiculously demanding and the salaries are abysmal. Do not work here. While (almost) everyone at the associate level is competent and hard-working, I cannot say the same for the management, VPs, and C-Suite. It’s a software company, and yet there are VPs asking the programmers “when will our software be bug-free”? It’s all just a horrifying cycle of perpetual ineptitude. Rampant racism and sexism is perpetuated by employees at the highest level. Female employees are told to be “nicer” and “less aggressive” and are offered a lower starting salary than male hires for the same position. I was told, to my face, by an executive, that Redshelf would “like” to hire Black (and other POC) employees, but “diversity conflicts with business success”. Yes, you read that right. And when I brought it up, I was told, “I’m sorry that was your interpretation”. There is a constant undertone of being monitored. They compile irrelevant statistics on you and use them to evaluate you. There is an inflexible arrival time and late arrivals are tracked. Prior to the pandemic, working from home was strictly not allowed. I personally witnessed employees with serious, chronic illnesses and documented medical conditions have their requests for WFH or an extra sick day flat out refused. There have been multiple purges of whole departments and teams without warning, including teams I can personally attest were effective and efficient. Everyone is afraid of voicing discontent because the people who do get canned. Redshelf has the most opaque leadership I have ever seen. Everything is secretive. There is constant turnover due to firings and people leaving the company after short amounts of time. 65% of the company turned over during my 1.5 year tenure. It is impossible to succeed here because executives at Redshelf demand that full products be made in a fraction of the time that it would actually take to do them right, then say “nevermind we don’t need that” once you’ve finished and your work gets thrown out. Projects take literal years and are remade over and over and over again for no good reason. Smart, productive, talented people are constantly forced out due to low wages and terrible culture, while VPs who have no idea what they are doing and make mistake after mistake just get shuffled higher and higher in the ranks. You will regret working here. I would give 0 stars if I could.
