A Special, Positive Culture Has Been Completely Dismantled - Anonymous employee Pure Fishing Employee Review

1.0
Aug 10, 2017
Anonymous employee
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Pros

During the time Pure Fishing was owned by the Jarden Corporation, the leadership team worked very hard to establish a positive, caring culture focused on coworkers, values, the company legacy, and providing high quality fishing equipment. Since Newell assumed ownership, any coworker with ties to the previous organization have been strategically eliminated.

Cons

Chaos and turnover has created a leadership vacuum. Targeted job elimination has resulted in poor coworker morale and a real gap in product innovation and quality. I can't imagine why anybody would want to work in this current environment.

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5.0
Mar 31, 2026
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Pros

In the last few years a number of leadership has changed. The new leadership has supported the group's creativity and ideation. This has lead to many improvements coming from operators, supervisors, and engineers that would have been much more difficult to prove out previously. It has been a ton of fun and truly feels like we consider failure as a step to success and not a negative.

Cons

We are still working out the kinks on who wears which hats and when they do versus should. This is more of a personal deal I am working on, as I have positioned myself as a go to for some simple part replacement and have become the default many times for that, instead of going through the proper channels.

2.0
May 21, 2026
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Pros

The company culture is great as a whole. The benefits and PTO are comprehensive.

Cons

Consumer service team was poorly managed and had low retention rates.

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