Abusive work environment caused by lack of leadership from upper management and poor HR department. - Design/Development 5.11 Employee Review

1.0
19 Apr 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Many employees come from Orange County action sport companies, great networking for future opportunities.

Cons

The working environment here is toxic. Supervisors are stifling and verbally abusive. The worst part is upper management is aware of this problem, allows it and even supports it. HR and upper management push the "5.11 culture" on employees but fail to practice what they preach. Many are bullies and teams are very mismanaged. The lack of leadership from upper management and the HR department is proven in the employee turnover rate. Managers gossip to employees of all levels which is extremely unprofessional and makes for awkward team lunches. Learning is extremely slow because employees are micro managed and untrusted even after months/years of proven work.

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Cons

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Pros

Compared to my prior employer, the workload is much reduced while the pay is a substantial increase. I feel that store and District leadership is a lot more willing to back you up compared to Prior employers I've had, and there is a good amount of freedom to be had. The company is also expanding so the opportunity for growth is also higher than with other Industries right now.

Cons

The company seems to be a bit schizophrenic at the moment when it comes to certain things and operations are suffering to a degree because of it.

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