Redox, Inc. reviews about "benefit"

On-Call Schedule for Developers Dishonest Leadership Excessive Retros

- Steep learning curve if you've never worked in healthcare technology. - The culture is intense. I likened it to a cult when I first joined. You need to be careful what you say, how you say it, and be prepared to respond to the question "how does that make you feel". - IT is sloooooooooooooow and needed to be constantly reminded to do things. - Certain team members flat out do not work. They're never online and don't pick up tickets, but no one seems to care. - Code quality is low. They have some incredibly smart and talented developers on the team, but it seems that during code reviews there's an emphasis more on being kind than quality code. - Retros are painful (every other week). They're mostly just awkward silence. - Retreats are strange. Given how long they've been doing them, you'd think they'd get the online portion better. It turned into an online only retreat with Hurricane Ian and the vast majority of people complained of "magical dude". A normal person could have deduced based on that terrible name it was going to be bad. The biggest reason why I would not recommend this place are the lies from the CEO. We were told multiple times there was enough money to last through to the end of next year and wouldn't be doing layoffs. Then came two rounds of layoffs with the larger one across all departments a couple weeks before Christmas (note they're still actively hiring). The announcement was made on Slack via a pre-recorded video that he read from a script. It lacked empathy and was very matter of fact. You shouldn't have to be prompted to read "I'm sorry". Everyone received an email within 30 minutes to let them know whether they were being laid off and that was it. They were originally planning on doubling the size of engineering. How do you go from doubling to laying off in such a short amount of time?

Still operating as a startup and the market is extremely niche.

leadership was so far away from us, they showed up during the onboarding week and then quickly went into the shadows. when a lot of of left, the goodbye seemed so impersonal

• Leadership is driven by ego, not strategy—creates constant chaos and lack of direction • Executive team operates in a silo with little transparency or accountability • Decisions are reactive, inconsistent, and often feel personal rather than business-driven • Culture of fear and favoritism—psychological safety is low • Ageism is a real issue, particularly impacting experienced employees (especially women 40+) • Performance management feels arbitrary, with unclear expectations and shifting goalposts • High turnover driven by leadership behavior, not employee performance

Lots of changes within senior leadership, as to be expected with new leadership.

- Terrible Micromanagement - If you question or push back, fear of retailiation - Culture-very clique; if you aren’t in the “in crowd”, you will find yourself jobless; leadership promotes and buys in to this (even encourages) ignoring feedback on toxic individuals due to tenure or being personally liked - Same standards don’t apply to everyone at the same level - Lost a lot of industry knowledge recently

Overkill hiring process that sets expectation of a company with a fantastic culture, amazing energy, etc. Big disappointment in reality - the org is still figuring out things like Communication. And yes, communication within the company is bad - people do not respond. Very frustrating! Despite such thorough recruitment process, there are toxic people (with all the screening, how did you get there???) Onboarding exists but not too informative. On an early day I was given a list of performance and deliverables expectations for "30 days in", "60 days", etc. - I just got here! How come I already own so much?

I've provided other reviews about this company, but they keep disappearing. I worked here for about 10 months in 2022, and it was hands down the most toxic, unbearable career experience of my 40 years. Redox acts like they're so important, but they have no market share. The product they offer can be easily replicated by experienced engineers. The leadership acts friendly, but business practices are dishonest. High school culture, cliques, micromanagers. I felt ancient at age 40 - it's all 20 years olds so they can underpay. Decent benefits, terrible pay, no HR processes to speak is if you have an issue. Constant layoffs. Would never, ever recommend.