RealWear Reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(51 total reviews)
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Dr. Chris Parkinson

94% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

RealWear has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 51 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The RealWear 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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51 reviews
1.0
17 Jan 2024

Total shambles

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Remote roles & generous pay

Cons

Lack of leadership and direction. Product hasn’t changed drastically in years and leadership more focussed on getting new products out, rather than working on selling existing ones.

1.0
24 June 2018

Solid product, extreme management dysfunction

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Solid product built by a strong engineering team. Head of engineering is very effective. Solid product built by a strong engineering team. Head of engineering is very effective.

Cons

The management team outside engineering somehow joined after the product was built apparently to bring it to market. These are 2 different worlds on different ends of the skill and experience spectrum. Management team outside engineering has very little experience in taking products to commercial market, is extremely hierarchical, and basically takes no feedback. Any questioning is met extremely harshly, generally with termination. It's an extreme of management's "way or the highway". There are very unorthodox internal structures with product mgt focused on controlling most corp functions including sales and partnering. There has been signficant staff attrition as a consequence due to firings and resignations below the "exec team". This is extreme even for startups. The sales force worldwide are generally contract employees. Morale is very low outside the exec team. Ultimately this is a direct reflection of the CEO who's main experience is military and defense contracting.

1.0
22 June 2018

This company is doomed by poor leadership.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The product is good and had potential.

Cons

The CEO is a narcissist, who behaves like a petulant child. He throws temper-tantrums when anyone disagrees with him. So experienced people leave, and he is left with only inexperienced sycophants, exactly what he wants. He is also not honest with employees, customers, or potential investors, telling each just what he thinks they might want to hear, regardless of how far-fetched.

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