Decent - Manager Mountain Designs Employee Review

The employees that worked there - so many talented and passionate people have worked in this company over time. The outcome could have been very different had these people been trusted to complete the tasks they were employed to do. Very inspiring brand with a wonderful heritage, disappointing to see it go to waste.

Entirely the upper management, mainly the CEO. The CEO is a complex and emotional person who is incompetent and unfit to do the role. The amount of head scratching moments when she would contradict herself was inconceivable... not to mention the amount of silly decisions and directions that was made based on little to no logic... and if you tried to professionally dispute and offer feasible alternatives then you were just bullied into submission. The mental health implications of working there have been big for a lot of people.

The people, what a fantastic bunch of dedicated individuals. From the store teams to the management team, what a talented bunch of people they are. I would hate for those in the Management Team who worked to the best of their abilities with the limitations they had placed upon them to be tainted with the same brush as the owners & CEO. It's upsetting to see so many bad review about the company and listing Management as the problem, I assure you they are not, they are as dedicated and passionate about MD as everyone is.

Owner and CEO just had no clue at all. Not one of them had any management skills, people or social skills, no time management skills, zero empathy, unable to take feedback or criticism, suspicious of everyone, issues and problems were always someone else's fault (they weren't!), absolutely no self reflection, micro managed everything, and continually made terrible business decisions even after being provided with researched viable commercial alternatives. The lack of professionalism and the level of unprofessional behaviour displayed by the owners and CEO was on a level I have never seen or experienced and would have found it difficult to believe if I hadn't experienced it myself.