To Understate: Worst Top Heavy - Poorly Managed Company - Anonymous employee SharkNinja Employee Review

1.0
12 Dec 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Aside from the weekly Friday free brunch, generally friendly middle-management and under people and good pay, zero else.

Cons

* Please note all points noted and observed are from personal observance and experience only. * Highly and intensely micro managed. * Will bring you on board with false promises, deceive you with dishonest positive feedback. * Potentially receive promotion with "carrot baiting" incentives, title and salary adjustment. * Will likely receive said promotion without change in status whatsoever. * Expect dismissal after 2 days shy of 6 months of employment (learned after the fact this company is notorious for this - ensures the dismissed has no legal recourse). * Also expect no prior warning to said dismissal. There will have been nothing but positive feedback until this point. No verbal or written concerns about performance. Regardless of how well you were received to-date. * Expect to be thrown under the proverbial bus when you present new and effective ideas. Also expect said ideas to be employed after your dismissal. * Expect zero assistance from Human Resources on any level. They are in fact useless from an employee's best interests standpoint. * Expect an unsettling high turnover rate with "Temp" help. * Expect your termination right around Christmas when you've already exhausted yourself and your family's patience ensuring the company has finally made it through Peak Season.

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5.0
4 May 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Impactful work from Day 1 and a great learning experience

Cons

If you are not in the headquarter office, you may miss out on some networking opportunities but the early talent team do their best in providing as many opportunities as possible.

1.0
26 May 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Some good peers that make the days slightly bearable with the group chat of how ridiculous and hellish the place is

Cons

The speed and agility are just code names for ceo paranoia and inability to make and stick to decisions. Toxic environment perpetuated by the lifers. Entire departments are pit against each other. A culture of public shaming and blaming with a side of discrimination and misogyny. It is absolute chaos and makes you regress professionally because after a while all you do is “yes” the ceo and do things the Shark way which is essentially the Mark way and 0% what other orgs would do or what you learned about/experienced previously. Micromanaging starts from the very top. Product issues daily. People cry daily. Ridiculously high turnover. So much bullying and favoritism. Extremely top heavy and lots of VPs+ to attend meetings but not enough people to actually work. Those in leadership are also unprofessional and liabilities. No work life balance. No respect. Backstabby. Even the meeting are aggressive and called hacks, red teams, sledge hammer approach etc. The best way to be successful here is to be a super caffeinated visible sycophant that is fine with no life outside of work. People note the high comp but it’s not worth it and is not enough compared to the hours actually worked and all the stress and anxiety that comes with it. The moral and mental health here are the lowest I’ve ever seen.

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