CastleBranch Reviews

Pros

Casual dress, free gym membership, food trucks, events. I approve of the new CEO. I feel he is looking to change the company in a positive way.

Cons

Pay is terrible. If you change positions, you start at bottom pay again. Some managers run their departments like daycare. High turnover I'm assuming because of low pay.

Pros

-Lax dress policy. -Generous in terms of offering free food, pizza days, soda, and snack foods. Mainly during Peak Season (summer). -Overtime offered during Summer months. -Free bagels/pastries on Monday mornings. -Very kind response from the head of the company, Brett Martin, after Hurricane Florence.

Cons

-Little opportunity for advancement despite claiming to have a working "tier system" in place. The tier system is not measurable for certain positions, making it impossible to tier up after a certain point/level. Not to mention, the added workload that comes with tiering up is NOT worth the small raise. And do not even think about tiering up between the months of April-November, as this is the company's "busy season", and lower level employees are often not even granted their "monthly" meetings with supervisors, which ends up meaning that you will not be given any opportunity for advancement during this six+ month time span. -Management plays favorites with their employees and it makes for an awful work environment. They allow particular employees to consistently arrive late, call out, take 2+ hours worth of breaks a day, and allows for embarrassing/repetitive mistakes from the same handful of employees over and over again, despite a clear trend of incompetence and unwillingness to change their behaviors. These problems continue on and go unanswered despite numerous documented mistakes and "mandatory" training sessions. These trainings ended up being an overall waste of time. -Management ignores countless, valid suggestions/ideas made by their employees. They also allow preventable problems to continue on and fester until they can no longer be managed easily/effectively. -The work from employees who call out on a regular basis is dumped onto the employees who actually show up for their job, causing even more tension amongst team members. -Big, energizing pep talks/emails from team leaders (during the busy season)... with absolutely nothing to back up any of the claims/promises they make. Management requests that employees do not take vacations during the summer season AND ask that they work 8+ hours of OT a week, but then lower level employees watch upper management take 3+ trips during those same summer months. -Management does not care about employee opinions and makes that clear by responding passive-aggressively or in an extremely rude tone in front of the entire team. These responses are then talked about amongst lower team members and further management criticism arises only to remain unaddressed because "they are in charge and there is nothing that can be done". -Managers only acknowledge employees as equals when they need something. Management also acts like they are actively hiding things from the team, despite clear signs of changes that are in motion AND incessant gossip from management/team members. This includes the way they hire/fire/promote.

Pros

I love this company! Management does a great job of making sure everyone is on track without being overbearing. HR also does a great job putting on fun events. There’s a laidback dress code, brewery, community garden, game room and gym— hard to beat!

Cons

Some departments are underpaid and therefore turnover is high. This makes our busy season overwhelming at times. However, there have been recent incentives to keep the momentum going, such as raffle drawings.

Pros

The company has lots of activities during peak time. Brewery Wednesday. Food days

Cons

Constant management changes. Cliques. Non-existent raises.