Pros
In the beginning, promoted as a hybrid job with super flexible work schedule.
Cons
CEO is money hungry. Pay sucks. Benefits sucks - No maternity leave until you’ve worked there 5 years or more. But no one makes it there that long. And 401k match is 25 cents per dollar. Brands don’t get any tactical or financial support. No PR/marketing/social media department, no production/manufacturing department, no sourcing department, no cad department, no photography/graphic design/art direction department , no planning/allocation department, no copy editing team, no category management, no strategy management, no supply chain department, no sustainability department, no real account executives/sales team…I could literally go on and on. As a brand manager, you’re expected to perform every single one of the above roles with little pay, no direction, no training, no support or no advocate. Then when your brand underperforms, you get fired with no warning in sight. No performance improvement plan, nothing. Just fired.
