Restream Reviews

3.2

46% would recommend to a friend

(17 total reviews)
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Alexander Khuda

47% approve of CEO

40% positive business outlook

Restream has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 17 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Restream 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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17 reviews
1.0
23 Jan 2026

Strong Product, Leadership Limits Growth

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The company has built a strong product with clear market potential. The technical foundation is solid, and the early vision shows real promise.

Cons

While the product is strong, leadership has not evolved at the same pace. The company would benefit from experienced leadership at the highest level to guide it through its next stage of growth. Over the years, there have been repeated cycles of restructuring and turnover, including entire teams leaving. These patterns appear driven by excessive micromanagement, limited business acumen at the leadership level, and emotionally reactive responses to routine business disagreements. Leadership is deeply attached to the company in a way that often clouds judgment and results in inconsistent or short-term decision-making. Strategic priorities shift frequently based on leadership’s mood rather than long-term planning, causing teams to lose focus as goals are regularly changed or abandoned. This makes it difficult to execute meaningfully or build sustained momentum. The culture also reflects a highly outdated management style. There is a strong emphasis on visibility and control rather than outcomes, trust, or autonomy. Remote or flexible work is discouraged, and productivity is often equated with physical presence rather than results. Many long-tenured employees have limited experience outside the company, which reinforces a culture of compliance rather than constructive challenge. This creates a power imbalance where agreement is rewarded, even when it works against genuine growth or healthy debate. As a result, issues persist unaddressed, and innovation is constrained.

1.0
14 Jul 2025
Recommend
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Pros

- Free lunch - Latest Macbook

Cons

- Bad management - Performance reviews based on emotions rather than actual facts - No opportunities to grow as a professional - Very bad working culture, everybody is overworking. - Very bad feedback culture - Extremely impolite management, they don't know how to talk to people and respect them. - Bad salary review policies - If you are not Ukrainian it's impossible to get to a managing position specially if you are in the IT field. quite racist work environment

4.0
11 Jun 2025
Recommend
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Pros

- Competitive compensation (at least from my local market perspective) - Equipment subsidy helps set up a good home office - Fully remote work provides flexibility and work-life balance

Cons

- Lack of a dedicated QA team means product testing often falls on employees outside of QA roles. Testing requests are distributed ad-hoc via Slack, which disrupts workflows and adds unexpected tasks to an already full plate. This process is inefficient and feels disorganized. - Communication around team changes could be improved. It’s common to discover someone has left the company only after trying to reach out to them, which can be jarring and demoralizing.

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