I can’t describe how good it was to get this off my chest. If I could inform one person to make the decision to join the company then I did my job here (pun intended). Don’t settle for less people…these corporations especially in the retail sector need to wake up and realize shit needs to change.
Review:
Former Employee, more than 10 years
Title: AVOID this toxic company at all costs and if you have values, look elsewhere!
Recommend
CEO Approval
Business Outlook
Pros
Location (suburban working environment) and airport is close by if you need to travel.
Cons
The company lies, the corporate brainwashing that occurs here is off the charts. They will try their best to make you think that employees come first, meanwhile it's all about the bottom line. Which is okay since it's a publicly traded company until they force you to come into the office during a Pandemic (COVID-19) without any sort of contact tracing. Besides that, everything they say about their values is all superficial and is on the surface only. Let's dig a little deeper…
The toxicity within the company culture will begin to take a toll on you within the first couple of weeks. Combined with the inability of the managers to effectively lead and manage people (they will look down on you and expect you to be okay with that) and the useless amount of meetings, you will be bogged down and second guessing your choice of working here. Career advancement is a joke and your manager will “conduct these conversations” to simply check the boxes of their requirements. It will make you wonder how these individuals even got to their position.
Need-It-Now disease…Everyone has it! They will act like they need work done immediately and will harass you until they get what they want.
If you don't mind that, you will certainly care about your work/life balance. It's not a balance, it actually doesn't exist here. Your bosses will likely make it a time measuring contest to see who stays the latest (doesn't matter if you have family obligations) you will be expected to work later than you'd expect.
Communication is a huge flaw within the culture. Stores simply want to do their own thing and do not want to be messed with the corporate team. That same exact mindset is shared from the top down within the corporate team.
If all of these do not dissuade you from making the worst decision of your life to join the company…let's talk about compensation. You will be consistently working for less than what you are worth within industry standards.
Advice to Management
Just start over from scratch.