Great culture and work-life balance, but small teams - Anonymous employee Brooks Running Employee Review

PTO and benefits are good. There is free lunch and an onsite gym. Employees are encouraged to run and stay active, with office next to the Burke-Gilman running trail.

The culture is presented as fun and healthy but in reality it is fairly toxic within specific departments and feels very “high school”. It is also very hierarchical with lots of corporate bureaucracy. The company caters more to middle and upper level management, so expect limited growth and development opportunities. Unclear, constantly changing expectations and overlapping job roles are a common theme. Leadership is not held accountable within the organization. People who play the game and assimilate to the culture are rewarded and perpetuate the status quo way of doing things. This leads to a lack of diversity in thought but also diversity in general especially at the leadership level. There is an added complexity to everything that makes even the most simple work difficult. Everyone is overwhelmed by too many meetings and yet there is not a lot of cross-functional collaboration, as all of the teams work in silos and compete for resources. The company is trying to become a more global, but there are a lot of growing pains associated with this. For a growing company with headquarters in a location like Seattle, the pay is low and not competitive enough to attract and retain top talent. The office buildings also face local area constraints like expensive parking which is passed on to the employee. The company incentivizes alternative transportation but it can be difficult to figure out the best way to get to work. There has been reduced flexibility to work from home with more emphasis put on being in the office.

Flexible workstyle Beautiful building with gym, free lunch, free fitness trainers Basically unlimited PTO & excellent employee discounts including industry discounts Focus' on employee culture a lot - almost to the extreme but it's great This brand really loves it's employees. There is an abundance of training at every level, more than I've seen at any organization. It moves FAST and they expect a lot from people but the culture is better than anything I've ever seen or heard from other brands. Pay is not what tech breeds, but it isn't a tech company. The people are amazing!

Doesn't pay tech salaries, but it's not tech industry so keep that in mind. Recently pivoted to in office 4 days but makes sense as a brand that builds consumer goods that you want to touch and feel they should be in the office. Having people work together makes the culture better. I've seen a big change from pre-Covid when everyone worked together 5 days a week to post covid to now - there was a dip when no one was in the office and now that we've been back 3 days a week it's so much better. The vibe is fun and people work better together so I'm all for this back to the office! I love being in person working with my co-workers!!! It's only a con because I know a lot of people are not happy with it but I think that's only because they probably aren't working really hard. Really no cons that I can think of. It's the best place I've ever worked.