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NOT JUST A LABEL

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NOT JUST A LABEL Reviews

2.9

20% would recommend to a friend

(7 total reviews)

20% positive business outlook

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7 reviews
1.0
1 Sept 2016

NOT JUST A LABEL | Beware of Joining this Company

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The company ethos is what drew my coworkers and myself to the company, many independent designers have been helped by the brand, through making an online virtual look book. The company has one employee who has stayed for more than a year.

Cons

The business makes money from the designers on the platform, however, the owner has taken liberties with community numbers and has lied to clients about specific reach and return data to the point of being unethical. Employees are told to lie to clients and to designers to better serve the company. The company claims to be about sustainability but no where in the day to day does sustainability fator into the business practice. The office doesn't even recycle. On a corporate level, employee resources are non-existent and there isn't human resources person to go to when questions arise, such as when an employee got bit by the boss' foster dog, or when members of the team are laid off. Office hours are strict and there is little flexibility when it comes to even senior management breaks. Corporate culture claims to be acting as a start up, with heavy work-load and after hours expectations. The company has run for years using free internship labour and has survived for 8 years by calling itself a startup when it would more accurately be called a small business.

1.0
20 Sept 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The day-to-day work at the company is varied, and the core reasoning for business (supporting young designers) is a very good and necessary cause to be working for. The content creation is interesting and exciting.

Cons

The company turn over is extremely high - over 85 employees and/or interns in 8 years. The owner and CEO is overly controlling, and creates an unpleasant environment to work in, with a lack of trust, lack of appreciation of employee contribution, and degrading attitude towards his employees. Almost every employee during my time there felt bullied and lost some confidence in their abilities. His attitude towards the community of designers and external clients is also not conducive to good long-term relationship building. Often it was 'do as little as possible for as much money as possible'. There were also extremely questionable practices in the accuracy of reporting statistics and business information portrayed as facts.

1.0
15 Jun 2018

Don't work here if you have any self-respect

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Innovative ideas are embraced but not always fulfilled

Cons

If you have another choice then don't join this company. You will be verbally abused and offered no appreciation for your work. I was involved in continuous lies to clients, imaginary projects and saw so many people come and go, mostly because of the CEO. A lot of employees would usually be left in tears after the meetings, most of them would just leave and never come back. Please avoid working for NJAL if you can, even if it's a remote work.

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