Material World Reviews

3.2

43% would recommend to a friend

(34 total reviews)

Rie Yano

65% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

Material World has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 34 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Material World 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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34 reviews
2.0
5 Dec 2017

Financial Gain Reigns Supreme

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Fun, young staff - Great employee discount

Cons

This company is run by two extremely inexperienced, unempathetic founders (Rie Yano and Jie Zhang) who put financial gain before their employees. They're ruthless and will do whatever it takes to grow their business even at the expense and well being of their dedicated employees. The utmost priority is financial gain. Company culture? Nope. Investing in talent? Nope. Liveable wage? Nope. Benefits such as 401k, company equity etc? Dream on. The wage gap at this company is embarrassingly dramatic. The average fulfillment center employees wage (Leads included) is around $13 per hour. Meanwhile, members of the cofounder's team are being paid anywhere from $50,000 to upwards of $170,000 for producing laughable, uninspiring work. Want a raise or additional responsibility? You'll be told that you "don't understand the business" or "it's time to move on to a new job". I've repeatedly attempted to believe this company has my best interest in mind but I'm ALWAYS let down. If you're looking for a dynamic work environment with fair compensation, stellar benefits, and transferrable job-related skills, I can assure you that Material World is not that place.

1.0
3 May 2016

Dead-end job!

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Employees are young and most of them are friendly.

Cons

Too many to write down, but in short they are -no career path -repetitive boring tasks -unclean office, unhygienic environment -factory atmosphere -lack of basic office supplies like laptops and computers! -measuring the amount of work done per hour -micro-management -some leads are so annoying you want to cry -pathetic job profile, anything goes -minimum wage job with zero job satisfaction -favoritism is obvious -"fake" promotions -no growth, no incentives

1.0
27 Apr 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Colleagues who are going through the same nonsense as you will provide comfort.

Cons

Minimum wages given to college grads- no growth and stupid politics at work. Repetitive work, all day long, all week long, all month long and then you either die to quit or pray you get fired! Being in the company will do nothing for you- you may as well do unpaid jobs where you actually learn more than get paid $10 an hour for nonsense which slowly kills you! Terrible...Stay away if you love yourself.

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