Horrible workplace - Worker RealSimGear Employee Review

1.0
9 July 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Sometimes they have free snacks at the snack bar

Cons

I would not recommend working here, especially in the engineering department. The team is largely made up of recent college graduates with minimal real-world experience, which often leads to mistakes and a lack of accountability. Newer employees are frequently blamed for issues they did not cause. The culture is extremely cliquish; if you are not part of their social circle or do not participate in activities like surfing, you may be excluded from key projects and spoken about negatively behind your back. The engineering manager, who is also the CEO, is not located on-site. As a result, employee contributions often go unrecognized, and toxic team dynamics are allowed to continue unchecked. There is also ongoing tension between the engineering and production teams, making collaboration difficult and fueling a hostile work environment. In my 15 years of working at respected companies like Tesla, Google, Meta, and others, I have never encountered such an unprofessional and toxic culture. This is not a workplace that supports growth, respect, or teamwork. Proceed with caution.

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5.0
15 June 2025
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Autonomous work flow and no micro management, good people

Cons

sometimes can become chaotic, since it is a small company it can become an all hands on deck situation

1.0
5 Aug 2025
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Flexible work schedule; truly is a family first company. - Decent pay for what the market rate is. - Zero accountability across the entire company; so if you make an error, it's just a finger-shaking talking to. - There are some really great people who no doubt you can form life long friendships with. -The #2 is a fantastic manager with real world executive experience, yet even he gets kneecapped by the CEO. He truly cares about the process of prototype, to production, to customer satisfaction. Furthermore, he cares about employee happiness and will literally be the only one to enact change AND enforce it.

Cons

First, you need to understand that this company spawned from a side project out of a garage, and grew massively in an untapped industry. The owner has zero management or leadership ability. Because of that, (and couped with the fact that he resides in another country and is not on-site) - the San Diego location is the most chaotic environment I've ever worked in. The engineering department is ran and staffed by inexperienced (both professionally and in life experience) individuals. They are not mentored nor are they given proper direction on how to function within a team and company environment. This is the root of the problem. They are given carte blanche, and operate unchecked. Daily interactions between production and engineering become hostile and is the weakest link in the company. This company has lost a lot of good people because they were unwilling to put up with the unprofessionalism and lack of accountability.

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