Welcome to web developer slave labor. - Web Developer Red Ventures Employee Review

2.0
2 Sept 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Expensive chairs. Uniquely shaped cubical. Dual monitors (even though almost every development shop offers this now). Great business model. Great opportunity for junior developers looking for a year or two of work (build your resume).

Cons

I worked at Red Ventures for a number of years as a web developer. As a junior level developer, the opportunity to work in a group environment was a major bonus for me. They held code reviews on projects which allowed more junior developers to see coding practices of those that had been around for a while. It became clear after a while that they hire as many developers as they can at bottom of the barrel prices and tear through them without remorse. In a months period, it wasn't unusual to see half of the development staff not come back to work. The final straw was when the CTO gave a prospective employer a very bad recommendation of me, even though I received excellent work evaluations while at Red Ventures.

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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
15 May 2026
Recommend
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Pros

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Cons

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