The only consistency is disappointment. - Anonymous employee 4moms Employee Review

2.0
Jan 28, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The products are amazing and you are surrounded by many hard-working and creative employees. 4moms is a great place to work if it is your first real job and you aren't looking for a career path yet. They try to make up for lack of competitive wages with fun perks like annual parties, catered lunches twice a week, spirit week, decent health care, and open paid time off (suggested time off is actually 18 days). These things are great in the beginning but the glow quickly wears off when it becomes apparent that there is no room for growth/development and they value having frivolous items in the office over raises and fair compensation.

Cons

Simply put, there is no room for growth at 4moms. They encourage you to build your own career path, but they almost never promote from within and usually hire over people who deserve a chance to move up. They promise a one-month performance rehabilitation/probation period if you are in danger of losing you job, but I frequently watch them blindside employees by firing them with no notice and no real explanation. You absolutely cannot trust HR with anything as the information you give is often later used against you. 4moms is a young company with most employees in their early twenties-mid thirties and they promote a laid back and "fun" culture which often results in very unprofessional situations which would never be tolerated in a more corporate setting. They try to create an environment where people don't mind working long hours in the office - which is typically true, but those who would like to come in and work very hard for 8 hours and go home to their families instead of spending 10 hours casually chatting with friends and taking long lunch breaks are frowned upon. Having a lot of "face time" in the office matters far more than the work you are actually doing.

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4moms Response
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Thank you for your perspective and honest feedback. We encourage open dialogue with our employees and take both your pros and cons very seriously. We are always looking to offer our employees opportunities to explore new areas of interest, further their industry knowledge, and grow as professionals. We appreciate your thoughtful review and will work with the management team to further address your concerns.

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- High bar for talent. Only the best-of-the-best get in at contributor and line-level management roles - HR and vision&values team tries hard to do fun things for employees - 2x week catered lunch (usually with mountains of leftovers) - Upbeat and culturally-relevant brand - one great product (mamaRoo) and a few ok products (breeze, high chair, infant tub)

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- Lack of direction in all disciplines. A team this talented shouldn't have trouble executing a vision and plan. The problem is, there was never a clear vision or plan. Somehow individual products were expected to cover over reckless spending. - No plan means nothing was ever truly prioritized (or de-prioritized). Consequently every one thing was as important as the next and every one thing was as urgent as the next (i.e. not even "controlled" chaos) - The voice of more experienced employees is continuously ignored - The CEO and senior management often eschews discussions on process as "destroying the culture" and "stymieing creativity", when in fact it seems to have been used as a way to never be held accountable for making good decisions (financially, organizationally, etc...) - Handwave-y surveys and town halls to get feedback from employees but the issues with the largest magnitude are never addressed (CEO micromanagement, no negotiation of product requirements on first launch, no clear product development process) - The "Words We Live By" are great, but we gradually stopped holding each other accountable for actually living them.

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