Rewind reviews

4.5

88% would recommend to a friend

(60 total reviews)

Mike Potter

96% approve of CEO

74% positive business outlook

Rewind has an employee rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars, based on 60 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Rewind 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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60 reviews
1.0
Mar 15, 2022

Terrible Management, Unachievable Goals, Lack of Empathy

Anonymous employee
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Pros

- amazing benefits - $1,000 for office supplies to work remote - lots of Friday's off in the summer - flexible schedule

Cons

- sexism, to the point where a manager said "stop acting like a bunch of girls". They say they want to hire more women, but then treat them like crap calling them 'emotional' whenever they speak. - racism - managers belittling you when you express problems - favouritism. The favourites get away with everything and they don't let the others say boo. - told one thing, but then they will do the exact opposite. "we will include you in the hiring process of a new manager", but then they just hire the manager they like and know. - whole department quit within 2 months after new manager brought in. - sales focussed, nothing else matters. set unrealistic goals based on data which has causes. CEO is made aware of these causes such as an increase in revenue in April 2020 due to covid and businesses going online but expecting same results in April 2021. CEO does not acknowledge this. - top down bad management and leadership. Express concerns and aren't addressed. - say that there is growth opportunities, but that time never comes and they hire someone instead for those 'opportunities'

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Rewind Response
4y
Thank you for your feedback and for your honesty. Please know that we hear you. While we strive every day to do better and be better, we want to share some of our progress and upcoming initiatives to address some of your concerns: Last quarter we established a DEI committee with sponsors across all levels of the organization to review and conduct an audit of internal practices for fairness and improvements We understand how important leadership is in an employee’s journey and have OKRs surrounding manager training and performance management development. We plan to tackle the big subjects of gender, race and fairness during these development experiences as we know they are important and deserve more care At Rewind we have ambitious goals and we’re proud to often meet them with our team. We put infrastructure in place to help our team achieve our goals together. Sometimes this requires us to live our value of ‘being comfortable being uncomfortable’ but we are always eager to listen to our team’s feedback and make changes as we grow We have formally launched a career laddering and competency tool that will help us continue to progress our team so that they can build their career at Rewind and we will be using the competencies throughout our hiring process to remove bias. We love to involve our team during the hiring process but we have and will always hire based on the best candidate for the role While we are proud of our employee engagement scores and the fact that turnover remains less than 2% at Rewind, we constantly strive to improve. Thank you for taking the time to call us out on some areas which you feel deserve attention. Should you be interested, we would be happy to set up a time to speak with you personally to discuss further. In the meantime, we want you to know that your feedback is being acted on and that your voice is heard. Reach out to our VP People amanda.gordon@rewind.io or to our People team at people.ops@rewind.io anytime.
3.0
Apr 27, 2024

Great, but not as much under pressure

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Nice people and good culture in terms of friendliness and work-life balance.

Cons

The culture suffers a lot when things aren't as rosy. Lots of politics.

2.0
Mar 9, 2025

Too much fluff, not enough business

Anonymous employee
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Pros

- Pay was good - Bonus was good, except that they told everyone there was no raises due to poor company performance but then gave everyone a large bonus. - Time off in summer was great

Cons

- CEO spent more time running demo meetings than drumming up business - Too much money and time wasted on fluff like team lunches, social initializes and useless training while cutting back on staff. - Over sold the growth only to flat line and lay off 25% of the company - Product management shifted focus ever quarter drastically changing plans - Features and projects were cancelled after only 1 quarter in the market on multiple occasions. - Spent more time building features than they tried to sell them. Very inefficient use of development.

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Rewind Response
1y
Hello, Thank you for sharing your feedback. It sounds like some of your experience may reflect a few years ago. Since then, we've made meaningful changes to improve the experience of Rewinders and continue to learn and grow from our employees' insights. We acknowledge that we’ve faced challenges in the past, and we’ve taken steps to improve how we operate. Regarding team lunches and social events, we invest in these activities because our employees consistently tell us they enhance their work experience and foster team connection. We regularly survey our teams to ensure we're meeting their needs, and these events are a valued part of that effort. The 2023 layoffs were a difficult decision, and we've since refined our hiring practices to better align with our strategic goals for sustainable growth. While our product focus may shift from time to time, these decisions are always informed by data—gathered through customer feedback and market insights. This approach ensures we deliver the most value to our users and stay aligned with our objectives. We’ve also strengthened our sales team and implemented new strategies, which contributed to a very successful end to 2024. Thanks again for sharing your thoughts.
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