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      Volcom Reviews

      4.0

      81% would recommend to a friend

      (180 total reviews)

      Todd Hymel

      65% approve of CEO

      43% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.2

      Culture and values

      4.1

      Work/Life balance

      4.0

      Diversity and inclusion

      3.6

      Senior management

      3.2

      Compensation and benefits

      3.2

      Career opportunities

      Volcom has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 180 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Volcom employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

      Reviews by job title

      180 reviews
      3.0
      15 Dec 2018

      Great people, but middle management and below are taken for a ride.

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      - Pretty much everyone at the brand is very nice to hang with. - Almost everyone you work with has a passion for the company and/or boardsports.

      Cons

      - A revolving door of interns who are never hired - Lack of room for advancement in any role. - Don't be surprised if the ball gets dropped on any project you have put weeks of work into and you never hear about it again. This is a constant and there are no processes to make sure staff are delivering on their roles. - There is a really bad expense culture. I guess this covers the non-existant pay increases. - No one ever gets a pay rise...but they do get more jobs thrown on them. - You are expected to feel lucky to be working for the brand and part of the "family". - ...but then, it is very cut throat in terms of lay-offs. Don't expect job security. It is a family until they say so.

      1.0
      14 May 2014

      Empty Promises

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      1) This company attracts very cool people who have high aspirations in their personal and professional lives. 2) All these awesome people really know their stuff, unfortunately there are some who are waaaaaay to busy to remember all the things they said they would do. Therefore the culture has become somewhat of an illusion.

      Cons

      1) Lack of company wide knowledge sharing/training. Everyone thinks they know how to use the ERP system, but not one person fully does. If you've never used their ERP system, they will look you in the eye and promise to help you use it. The reality is that you literally have to train yourself by asking everyone in the company as possible (it takes a few tries to get training meetings because they keep canceling, so expect a lot of rescheduling) and compile your own list of tips and tricks to help yourself run simple queries. 2) Overwhelmed management personnel are efficient in hiding their weaknesses... so, in meetings these yes men talk BIG "Oh yes we can do that," and "Oh yes, that is a great idea!" and "yes, we can have that to you by the end of the day". Then after the meeting those same "yes" people are unreachable. This "talking BIG" means that people who work under them (aka help them get their work done) cannot move forward with projects because management suddenly is MIA or too busy elsewhere.

      3.0
      24 Apr 2017

      Hit and Miss

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      inspiring office, wear what you want, skateboard down the hallways, lots of inspiring people that encourage and share creativity. fun parties.

      Cons

      not so inspiring leadership. pay was lousy. budgets for each department are ridiculously skewed.

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