Aloha Spirit is Gone - Anonymous employee ALOHA Employee Review

1.0
Nov 21, 2024
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Staff feeding program through many vendors, ability to purchase other products at wholesale price, lots of great people to work with.

Cons

The previous owners sold August 2023 and the new owner is a nightmare. When he's in the office, everyone is walking on eggshells. He doesn't talk to anyone except through Teams. There's no small talk about your weekend or upcoming events. You're just an employee to him and nothing more. He's quick to let you know that he signs your paycheck so do what he says. He likes to say he wants to hear feedback but then doesn't listen and dismisses any feedback given and uses it against you in your one on one meetings. He should have stayed in Seattle where he belongs.

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ALOHA Response
1y
This is obviously written about the wrong company. No office in Seattle. No office of any kind. Company was not sold in Aug 2023. No male owner. Honestly, this company sounds like a dick...glad we aren't that company.

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5.0
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Pros

Great atmosphere, management, and CEO.

Cons

Sometimes the days at work can be long.

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ALOHA Response
4y
Despite countless reminders and requests of Glassdoor, Glassdoor does not identifiy the correct company with this page. This page is a catch-all for any "aloha" named company globally and should not be regarded as accurate in any way.
1.0
Mar 30, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Office is pretty (but falling apart). Location is near Union Square. Free lunch on Friday (if you can get any/like to eat seeds & leaves). Filtered water in pantry? It's also maybe impressive that this company has survived for so long despite being such a mess for so long?

Cons

Everyone is miserable. The leadership team behaves like children fighting for the attention of an under-qualified and absent father. So they lie and they demean everyone else around them. There are mentally questionable people in the company who are decision-makers. The gender politics of senior management are disgusting, with the men being misogynist and the women a disgrace to feminism. The products themselves have constant quality issues and complications. The founder constantly raises funds for the unscrupulous purpose of forcing people into free trial subscriptions that they do not want. You will feel like a lesser version of yourself by working here. You will hate humanity and lose hope in life. You will be overworked for the empty purpose of a terrible business model within poor organization and culture. Do not join. If you are an employee, quit.

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ALOHA Response
10y
First, thank you for taking the time to write this review and I'm sorry to hear about some of your frustrations at ALOHA. Our goal is to provide an exciting workplace where employees are connected to our inspiring mission each day and have opportunities to stretch, grow, and make an impact. As part of this commitment to our people, I have recently joined ALOHA to focus on culture and to drive an engaging employee experience that directly aligns to our mission - making health simple, fun and accessible. While we have an extremely passionate team and amazing customers, it's equally important we have a compelling and positive employee experience. I understand Glassdoor is anonymous so if you are comfortable, it would be great to catch up for coffee or tea (ALOHA tea of course!) to understand more about your challenges and where we can get better. If not, I'm thankful you took the time to share your opinion and feel free to email me directly at cris@aloha.com with any other feedback to help us continuously improve.
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