DO NOT WORK HERE. I'M NOT JOKING, DON'T DO IT. YOU'VE BEEN WARNED. - Recensione dipendente - Dipendente anonimo presso ModCloth

I don't even know where to begin. This company used to be something to have pride in and was a joy to come in to day after day, but now it's a shell of its former self. The culture it was founded on is completely gone. Leadership cannot seem to make clear and intelligent decisions no matter what they do. If they ever DO make decisions it's typically not fully communicated, last-minute, full-speed ahead, total and utter chaos and the actual work and execution of whatever decision they made falls on the severely-lean, overly-stretched-thin teams (thanks to rounds and rounds of layoffs in the past 2-3 years) who basically have to resort to complaining to each other all day, every day, just to make it through. The workload expected is totally unreasonable and you will not be supported when you suggest that you need more people to get the work done. Leadership loves to say "call us on our BS" and "come talk directly to us when something's up" but, when you do, you get nothing but excuse after excuse in support of why you're wrong instead of them and you either get completely disregarded and it's never brought up again or you're now labeled a "squeaky wheel" and, trust me (from experience), it WILL be used against you at some point. I had hope in the new CEO coming on and he's done nothing but completely ruin a company with a brand that truly differentiated itself in the market and has now basically become a less-honest version of Forever 21 (at least their prices reflect the quality of the pieces you're getting). I knew we were doomed when our very own CEO questioned the want to focus on "denim" for a period of time by calling in to a meeting and saying "Really, denim? Is denim still a thing? Because I'm calling from a suburban gym right now and I don't see a single girl here wearing denim, all I see are yoga pants everywhere". NEWSFLASH: YOU ARE AT A GYM. NO ONE WORKS OUT IN DENIM. After that happened, all hope was lost for me in terms of this company being turned around. Additionally, we weren't idiots, it wasn't "Google's fault" that our site was rapidly losing traffic at an unprecedented rate- it was extremely poor decision making forced by our CEO, even against our evidence and brand-based opposition. Stop treating people like they are dumb and don't know what the truth was. All of the truly exceptional leaders are long-gone and everyone is just struggling to survive in hopes that something--ANYTHING--will save them at this point. SO, after all of that, if you're still not convinced, here's your "should I work here or not?" summary of the cons here: -A company that swears they are transparent, but are anything but -An HR team that you can count on screwing up your info consistently -Leadership who will use what you say against you, even though they say they won't -Layoffs constantly looming -A very creepy CEO who knows nothing about fashion, or women for that matter -You do the work of 3-5 people at any given point in the year -Pay that is laughable for the amount of work you do -Leadership that thinks you're oblivious and dumb -The only growth you'll achieve in your position is if your boss gets laid off or leaves and you have their work dumped on you on top of what you're already doing (but don't count on getting any more money for doing it)