Vantaggi
Work/life balance has improved, becoming remote with only 2 days on-site. Decent annual employee credit and company(s) discount.
Svantaggi
A rollercoaster ride in the last years prior to the pandemic between bankruptcies, acquisitions, company mergers, and 5-6 major lay-offs dwindling workforce from ~90 to currently ~20 staff members with zero bonuses and only one annual salary increase within those years. There is little regard for control as most employees inherit the responsibilities of terminated positions without compensation. All while the company decided to expand to multi-season assortments, acquired the business workload of 3 additional companies, physically relocated their HQ’s 3 times, and changed warehouses and software systems annually. There has never been stability. Upper management lacks preparation and fluid transparency, setting process standards as chaotic with a “learn as you go” mentality. There is constant confusion and blatant lying amongst senior management who conduct the organization without any strategic sense of direction and follow-through. Spyder feeds on complacency, and its toxic environment has resulted to employee burn-out, zero leadership with a necessity for supporting teams to incessantly “manage-up”, an observed amount of discrimination towards females including harassment complaints, team frustrations due to siloed departments without extensive cross-integration and brand awareness, zero cultural diversity as well as minimal inclusivity, and limited internal growth and promotions. Many times, I’ve seen new personnel, ranging from VP’s to supporting staff, on-board with the intention to implement for positive change, but are marginalized in their efforts by being undermined, undervalued, underpaid, mis-managed, and overworked.