RealVNC Reviews

3.5

46% would recommend to a friend

(41 total reviews)
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Michael Henssler

Not enough data to show CEO approval

40% positive business outlook

RealVNC has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 41 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The RealVNC employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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41 reviews
2.0
14 Mar 2023

Lackluster

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good people and HR, flexible working, workload ok.

Cons

RealVNC like to think of themselves as innovators, but they launched one good product 20 years ago and haven't really innovated since. The company has always been very engineering focused while lacking commercial acumen, so they have fallen behind competitors and makes it hard to sell the product. Engineering and operation teams are valued a lot more than teams like HR, Marketing and Sales and it's always been this way. Despite a few changes at the top over the last years and lots of hiring the company still doesn't have a clear strategy. Pay for commercial teams like Sales is below average. Senior mgmt is mediocre and not in touch with the rest of the company at all.

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RealVNC Response
2y
Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We are pleased to hear that you think we have good people – we are proud of the team too! It’s great to hear that you have found the flexible working environment and workload to be positive. We hope that the introduction of our CRO and CPTO demonstrate our commitment to enhancing our commercial focus. We have also provided recent training for our GTM functions and welcome feedback from all areas of the business on how we can enhance our product offering. Please do speak to our Product team to share any new ideas for features / use-cases etc. We are proud of our 20-year heritage and are always looking to develop and launch additional features and add new complementary technology (e.g. RPort). We are confident that the market for our software is vast and we look forward to adding valuable new customers to our growing customer base. As a scaling business, it can sometimes mean that the direction pivots which can lead to the Company direction seeming unclear. We have a clear strategy in place for the next 3 years and beyond and are sharing this information to aid understanding. We undertake salary benchmarking annually and the comparative data we’ve collected supports that we pay employees fairly. We also continue to review our benefits and consistently find we have a competitive package. Thanks for your feedback on the leadership team and we will internally review.
4.0
6 Mar 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great colleagues, an emphatic HR team, and nice extra-curricular activities. Useful niche product with a dedicated engineering team behind it.

Cons

Management doesn't want the sales team to earn commission. As soon as a salesperson hits his/her targets, the targets are upgraded. Company is driven by engineering departments -- the sales team feels as an outsourced add-on. Interests of sales team are not taken into account, and the sales director does not fight for his team's interests. Salaries of sales colleagues are kept far below market average.

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RealVNC Response
2y
Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We are pleased to hear that you think we have good people – we are proud of the team too! It is standard practice for Sales teams to have targets and that they are adjusted each year to align with the Company growth targets. We do look to reward our Sales team with our commission packages, leaving them uncapped to enable people to exceed their OTE. We have provided recent training for our GTM functions and understand from some of the feedback that they have found this valuable. We undertake salary benchmarking annually and the comparative data we’ve collected supports that we pay employees fairly. We also continue to review our benefits and consistently find we have a competitive package. Thanks for your feedback on the company policies, we will review this internally.
1.0
25 May 2023

Poor strategy + Egotistical CEO

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Nice offices. Some decent employees.

Cons

CEO has a short fuse and easily loses his temper in public meetings. Company lacks direction. Leadership are insular and condescending towards non-engineering departments.

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RealVNC Response
2y
Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We are pleased to hear that you had a positive experience with some of your colleagues and that you liked the RealVNC office. With regards to direction – as a scaling business, it can sometimes mean that the direction pivots which can lead to it seeming unclear. We have a clear strategy in place for the next 3 years and beyond and are sharing this information with our employees to aid their understanding. Thanks for your feedback on the leadership team and we will internally review.
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