SEACRET Direct Reviews

2.9

40% would recommend to a friend

(43 total reviews)

39% positive business outlook

SEACRET Direct has an employee rating of 2.9 out of 5 stars, based on 43 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The SEACRET Direct employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail and wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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43 reviews
1.0
8 Aug 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Manager and co workers were talented and cooperative in working towards a common goal. Manager was honest, transparent and worked hard for the team.

Cons

Short sightedness and unrealistic timelines made doing a task the right way nearly impossible. I am OK with once in a while having to do a project under the gun, but not on a constant basis at the whim of the owners. Not much planning went into developing a long term strategy or goals because we were so busy being reactionary. Owners are out of touch with the effort it takes to make a project successful.

1.0
25 May 2016

Consider this a warning

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- There are great people that work here. Relationships with coworkers is the glue that's holding this place together

Cons

- Poor benefits - Constant layoffs and cuts - Revolving door of executives - There is no strategic direction - Poor communication from CEO/partners and upper-level leadership - Founders are rarely in the office and seem very out of touch with the day-to-day goings on of the employees - Too many last minute decisions and changes, which causes people to have to work long hours and on weekends - Employees are never recognized for their hard work. At one "Employee Appreciation Dinner" in the fall of 2015, just after huge convention which saw a lot of people work long hours, one of the founders told employees in attendance that "they shouldn't be just 9-5 workers," implied that everyone needed to work harder.

1.0
7 Aug 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

There aren’t many left, but the employees are hard working and team oriented. I had the pleasure of working with and learning from some very talented professionals. To be clear, I am talking about the worker bees and C-level executives, not ownership/partners.

Cons

The owners are self-absorbed, manipulative bullies who party all night then roll into the office late afternoon yelling and making demands, and expecting everyone to work late, weekends and even holidays to make it happen. They talk about community and make a big deal of their religious observation, but it's all for show. If you’re not immediate family or partner you don’t count. Employees are no more valued than the copy machine or coffee maker. They treat people horribly and don’t mind conducting unethical business if it will save money. These are NOT nice people. It’s management by temper tantrum and knee jerk reaction. Turnover at the executive level is extreme: Customer Care, Finance, Operations, IT and Marketing all turned over at least twice in the year I was there, and Marketing leadership is literally a revolving door because they take the brunt of the abuse. There are constant layoffs, terrible benefits, and zero work life balance. Whenever they get tired of a highly qualified professional advocating for proven strategies or pushing back, they replace them with a completely unqualified family friend. This place has burned out or chased away more talent than most companies this size will ever even see. Seriously, if you have ANY self-respect or professional pride, do not work here! I only give this place one star because it’s not possible to choose anything lower. Anyone giving a high rating has not worked at corporate, they are distributors who only see the staged events and public personas.

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