WARNING! Do not work here! - Anonymous employee Big Red Employee Review

1.0
Sep 25, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Stocked break room, young co-workers. Thats it.

Cons

CEO plays mind games for his own pleasure. He has no real interest in his employees, rather, he pays entry level salaries to educated, talented employees and makes false promises of bonuses to ensure a larger payout for himself. Upper management is a joke. They either micro manage due to lack of trust or give zero direction because they're too busy and there is no middle management. Little to no opportunity for career advancement or salary increase.

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5.0
Apr 13, 2021
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Pros

great team and management. Work was something to look forward to every day.

Cons

There was nothing bad about the job

2.0
Sep 23, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great/generous company-paid benefits, good work life balance, fully stocked kitchen. Office hours 9a-6p, very manageable pace and volume of work. Friendly coworkers, super IT. VP of Sales a strong, committed leader.

Cons

Employees and employee engagement not important to leadership. No emphasis on building effective teams or to simply creating an environment people want to work in. High turnover results from management’s clear lack of trust in employees at every level. Very low tolerance for new ideas or taking risks. All-male leadership team permits sexist, old-fashioned and demeaning commentary towards women during open meetings. Departments are kept separate and working with different departments collaboratively is frowned upon. Top leadership takes a narrow view of what each department is “supposed to do” and employees are reprimanded when working too openly with other departments. Decision making process is typically emotional vs. rational and often appears to be driven by fear and distrust. Marketing is not respected as a function; it is a sales-led company that treats marketing as a support group instead of a strategic driver. Traditional CPG brand managers or general-management-style marketers need not apply here; the department doesn’t work that way, and doesn’t seem to want to.

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