Toxic and Unprofessional - Anonymous employee VIOLET GREY Employee Review

1.0
Oct 2, 2023
Anonymous employee
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Pros

-The employee discount is generous -Mid level and junior employees are hard working and kind -“Unlimited” PTO

Cons

-Toxic and unprofessional leadership from the top down -Old school leadership team who both don’t understand the modern business landscape/ e-commerce and can barely write a coherent email or lead a meeting with an agenda -Disorganized with no strategy, no process, and no forward thinking (and no desire to change or operate in anything but chaos) -Business decisions are made last minute via slack by management, no professionalism towards those executing on those decisions -Leadership has a track record of racist and harassing behavior. HR complaints get no traction and are ignored. Employees with HR violations filed against them are promoted rather than held accountable. -Business has no money, but you’re expected to operate like a million dollar business with unlimited resources despite the inability to pay anyone -Do NOT apply or accept a job here, no matter what they try to tell you. You’ll regret it immediately. -No 401K match, startup health insurance with high monthly premiums for employees, no parental leave policy outside FMLA despite being a brand powered nearly entirely by women

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Pros

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Cons

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