Supportive workplace with great people, some typical startup growing pains - Software Developer RewardOps Employee Review

4.0
Jun 26, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

You will want to stay at this company for the people. I left RO with more friends than when I started. It was the hardest thing to leave. Management wanted you to be there and would bend over backwards to make sure you’re happy. A small company where you’ll feel close to the product. Getting to work on a product that impacts people all over Canada and the world. It’s a really great feeling to see a promotion by an airline partner and know that you helped to work on it. Lots of smart people to learn from. Interesting technical challenges to work on. Fiddling around with new ideas is encouraged and welcomed.

Cons

There can be a focus on making democratic decisions instead of the right, consistent decision especially at the micro level. This can lead to losing the forest in the trees. A fair amount of tech debt. Because it’s an enterprise product, it can be hard to eat your own dog food. Hours can be long close to launches.

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1.0
Nov 30, 2025
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

1. Decent pay and benefits. 2. Most non-leadership employees genuinely try to support each other because they’re all dealing with the same leadership problems.

Cons

1. The company is essentially run by the COO, and not in a good way. Decisions about hiring, firing anre often feel impulsive, personal, and completely detached from performance or fairness. Many people have been let go suddenly with no clear justification. 2. The CEO and CTO appear unwilling or unable to challenge the COO’s behavior, which leaves employees feeling like there is no real leadership oversight or balance at the top. 3. A close friend of the COO has been repeatedly given more power after returning from multiple maternity leaves, despite widespread concerns about her conduct and treatment of colleagues. Many employees feel she is protected due to her personal relationship with the COO, not because of merit or contribution. 5. Men, in particular, have expressed feeling targeted or treated with unprofessional hostility, under the justification of "supporting women," even though the behavior often comes across as selective and weaponized rather than equitable. 6. Morale is extremely low. People openly discuss planning their exit because they don’t trust leadership to treat them fairly or professionally.

4.0
Apr 14, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Good Initiatives - Exposure - Lots of learning curves - Friendly colleagues

Cons

- Fast track environment - Some process take longer time

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