This place is the Chernobyl of your career - Anonymous employee Relay (Canada) Employee Review

1.0
Apr 13, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

None that outweigh the damage. You'll be sold the idea of "you will do some of the best work of your career here" but it's a lie.

Cons

Written with AI to protect my identify from my toxic manager If you care at all about your future, do not work here. This company is a toxic, hostile mess that grinds people down and then blames them for it. The culture isn’t just bad—it’s actively destructive. Fear, favouritism, and dysfunction drive everything, and leadership is leading the way for it. The CEO is possibly the worst human I’ve met, with the only competitor being the CPO - I pity the people working directly with them on a daily basis. Discrimination is a real and visible problem. POC are treated differently, given fewer opportunities, and expected to tolerate behaviour that would never be accepted for others. Raising concerns is pointless—it gets ignored, minimized, or quietly buried. Employees are set up to fail from day one. Expectations are vague or constantly shifting, support is nonexistent, and when things fall apart (which they will), management looks for someone to blame instead of fixing the broken system. It’s a cycle of failure by design. This place will crush your confidence. People who come in capable and motivated leave drained, demoralized, and questioning their own worth. It’s not because they aren’t good enough—it’s because the environment is engineered to make sure no one succeeds. The product itself is questionable at best, with growing frustration amongst the customers.

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Cons

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Pros

- As a growing startup, Relay has a lot of opportunities for personal and professional growth - There's a lot of cross-collaboration between engineering, sales, marketing, operations, and support - Transparency is huge, our team has a weekly meeting where we go over our post-mortem and company metrics. We also set priorities so there's a lot of space for new ideas, and brainstorming - The work culture is balanced, the Relay team understands that we're people first. There's a great sense of camaraderie with the weekly (now remote) Games Night that just kicks the week off on the right foot everyweek.

Cons

If you are used to working at a large corporation, make sure you're ready to work in a small (but growing) team and understand the differences that come with that. Adaptability and self-sufficiency are key.

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Relay (Canada) Response
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Thank you for taking the time to share all of your thoughts. We are in a high growth phase and with that comes a lot of change, but we do our best to keep the team informed and aware. We don't always work the standard 9-5, but because of that we try to offer as much flexibility with our team as we can so that they feel supported and not overworked. This is great feedback for us to address with candidates through our hiring process. Thanks for your thoughts and time-very helpful!
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