Big Red Reviews

Employees and employee engagement not important to leadership. No emphasis on building effective teams or to simply creating an environment people want to work in. High turnover results from management’s clear lack of trust in employees at every level. Very low tolerance for new ideas or taking risks. All-male leadership team permits sexist, old-fashioned and demeaning commentary towards women during open meetings. Departments are kept separate and working with different departments collaboratively is frowned upon. Top leadership takes a narrow view of what each department is “supposed to do” and employees are reprimanded when working too openly with other departments. Decision making process is typically emotional vs. rational and often appears to be driven by fear and distrust. Marketing is not respected as a function; it is a sales-led company that treats marketing as a support group instead of a strategic driver. Traditional CPG brand managers or general-management-style marketers need not apply here; the department doesn’t work that way, and doesn’t seem to want to.

If you are a woman, don't work here. There are no women in leadership positions and there's no sign that will change soon. There is no support, no cooperation between departments and the atmosphere is cold and secretive. Turnover rate is high, to say the least, in the marketing department. If you expect even the slightest bit of cordiality from a manager, this is not the place to work. There's little effort to build a team atmosphere. Similarly, this is not an atmosphere to have a position where you hope to learn new skills. Most projects don't come with all the information needed to begin to tackle the project. Questions are not welcomed and neither are ideas from non-management.