Much more better places to work at in the Seattle-area - Anonymous employee Design Imports Employee Review

2.0
Nov 16, 2022
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Learned a lot and met a lot of great people in my time here.

Cons

- Not many benefits, 401(k) plus match was eliminated at the start of Covid and never brought back. The health insurance is okay. Vacation time is only 10 days and you only get a few days for sick time. - Pay could be better. Upper management won't reward you for hard work or offer a raise when they inevitably give you more work to do, and generally the answer is no. You'll have to fight for better pay. - There's no work-life balance if you're not a manager. WFH is not an option if you're a lower level employee, but if you're in a management position you can come in whenever you want and WFH as much as you need. - Complete lack of communication between employees and upper management. You'll barely be kept in the loop about changes within the company or about your work performance. The environment is very close-minded and hush. - Upper management can be very unprofessional and condescending. They change meetings last minute, miss meetings, make you wait for them, don't communicate properly, and play favorites if you can get along with them - Lack of respect for employees health and safety. I've already mentioned that WFH is not an option, but this company also only allowed us to WFH for 2 months during lockdown and masks were barely a requirement.

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Cons

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1.0
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Pros

Health benefits Company lunches Holiday parties

Cons

• High expectations paired with very low compensation • No 401k until after your first full year of employment • Constant budget cuts • Lack of professionalism across leadership • Rampant favoritism • Lack of consistency — expectations and priorities change regularly without clear communication • Little to no support from management • Required to be in the office four days a week • Poor office hygiene — bathrooms often dirty and poorly maintained One of the biggest issues during my time here was management behavior. I worked under a manager who was openly rude and condescending, made inappropriate jokes, and gossiped negatively about both coworkers and people outside of work. She once made an offhand, offensive comment about an IT team member being on the spectrum. Despite claiming she wanted the office to feel “inclusive and fun,” her behavior routinely made people uncomfortable — something she even admitted to jokingly. Unfortunately, there’s no formal HR department to escalate concerns to, so accountability is essentially nonexistent.

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