Admin in Sales - Administrative Assistant Dorn Color Employee Review

Dorn Color is an exceptional company where your ideas are encouraged and heard. The company operates with integrity and highly values it's employees. They encourage cross-training and provide opportunities for continued growth. Many current employees started off in entry level positions and are now members of the Management Team.

The work is challenging because each job is custom made.

Dorn is a great place to feel like family. From day 1, the team will welcome you with open arms. It's a fun mix of people and your quirks are welcome. There are many people with decades of expertise at their jobs, and they are very open to helping you if you have questions. It's a steady business that never really has an off season, so you will be busy and definitely never be bored if you work here. Even though it's a small, family-owned company, it doesn't have most of the problems of other family-owned companies (no family drama). Work/life balance is good - no one expects you to take work home. Pretty much once you leave for the day, you put it behind you unless you're in Sales. I know the cons I list sound bad, but it's not a bad place to work overall. Bad days happen, but that's anywhere. The people make it worth it. If you're a young person, it's not a bad place to be for a couple years.

It's kind of a niche business, so it can be tough to translate that into future roles with other companies (depending on your role). I was treated well, but I saw different cases that I thought were unfair. If you are liked by the right few people, it makes a big difference in your success here. Power is held pretty much by one person. This can make it difficult because you don't have the variety of opinion and background that you get in larger companies. It makes it hard to grow and change as a company sometimes. I've seen really good people in middle management leave the company because of power conflicts with the person in power, so it's tough if you come in for a role like that. Not really a company where you can move up much. There just aren't places to go upward. Dorn doesn't always listen when employees are pushing for change. There are many smart people with good ideas, but a lot of it is not listened to if the person in power doesn't agree. Can be frustrating and leads to employees feeling like they're not able to contribute and have it matter. Dorn feels like a family most of the time, but when things go wrong it can definitely turn into a culture of finger pointing and blame, instead of taking it as a chance to fix problems in the processes. Often the same people get blamed.