Changing culture, great perks - Anonymous employee Adorama Employee Review

5.0
Jun 14, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- New leadership in process of changing how things have been done since the beginning. Not just talk, really making changes discussed during interview. - More women in the office, not as separate as once was. Company values hard work, creativity and hitting your numbers above what gender/race/religion/etc you are. - New head of UX bringing into the right era, proud to share what working on. - Friday half day.

Cons

- HR policies changing, salaried employees now vs hourly/PTO. No 401K but hear it’s coming. We need more designers ASAP to help execute things quicker. Excited for renovations to be done soon.

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Some genuinely talented sales and support employees doing their best despite chaos

Cons

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