Pros
The company ethos is what drew my coworkers and myself to the company, many independent designers have been helped by the brand, through making an online virtual look book. The company has one employee who has stayed for more than a year.
Cons
The business makes money from the designers on the platform, however, the owner has taken liberties with community numbers and has lied to clients about specific reach and return data to the point of being unethical. Employees are told to lie to clients and to designers to better serve the company. The company claims to be about sustainability but no where in the day to day does sustainability fator into the business practice. The office doesn't even recycle. On a corporate level, employee resources are non-existent and there isn't human resources person to go to when questions arise, such as when an employee got bit by the boss' foster dog, or when members of the team are laid off. Office hours are strict and there is little flexibility when it comes to even senior management breaks. Corporate culture claims to be acting as a start up, with heavy work-load and after hours expectations. The company has run for years using free internship labour and has survived for 8 years by calling itself a startup when it would more accurately be called a small business.