Don't drink the Kool-Aid - Anonymous employee SanMar Employee Review

2.0
26 Jan 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

As per the "family values", people company-wide are mostly nice — but they're hard-pressed to recall, let alone embody, any other values. Work/life balance is "good", because the majority of people rarely work hard or feel true accountability.

Cons

A culture of "be nice" fosters rampant passive aggression and insincerity. The management style is yes-men kowtowing to family owners while ineffective and miserably concocted projects rule the day.

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