20 Feb 2014
Volusion Reviews
3.1
47% would recommend to a friend
Troy Pike
50% approve of CEO
36% positive business outlook
Volusion has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 315 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Volusion employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).
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315 reviews
5.0
10 Apr 2013
A Brilliant work place and fantastic/Supportive Management Team!
Current employee, more than 3 years
Hammersmith, England
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook
Pros
Volusion is a fantastic work place. The company strives to keep moving forward each day both for the employees themselves and the company as a whole. The Management take time each day to help the staff and award us for exceeding daily set goals. Monthly and weekly incentives are provided and the atmosphere in the office is always up beat and vibrant. My work colleagues have gone beyond just being colleagues and have grown to be family.
Cons
Would love to have some extra personal benefits, heath care or gym membership. More Team outings - once a month. (doesn't always have to be through company expense)
1.0
21 Jun 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook
Pros
If you're impressed by ping pong tables and free Red Bull, this is not the review for you. On the bright side, you'll either be so overworked they'll begrudgingly give you a raise, or so confused by your role (due to rampant incompetence/confusion) that you'll be paid to do nothing until they fire you. If you're a conventionally attractive, servile young woman you'll be fast-tracked into a management position you don't deserve or understand. Score!
Cons
The beauty of anonymity on Glassdoor is that current and former employees can speak freely. It also means the company's execs can post fake, glowing reviews. This is not uncommon. Remember that as you read Volusion's reviews, because I never met a single happy person in that building. This is the most poorly run company I've ever seen. The ex-CEO was the kind of guy who thinks he can do every job better than the people hired to do so. He effectively hobbled the efforts of every bright, forward-thinking person there...seemingly based on white-hot jealousy that he wasn't creative enough to bring great ideas to the table. He was replaced by the founder, who's widely known as a bumbling goof whose big entrepreneurial dream was to own an orange Lamborghini. Winning! Volusion is material proof that arrogant, unethical, average, socially remedial young men with zero vision and enough VC can go far. There were more people fired within one month than were hired the whole time I was there. If you possess real talent in your chosen field, Volusion is not for you. They're not interested in pioneering anything: technological innovation, branding, sales techniques, etc. Your incentive? The unemployment line. Everyone, across departments, watched in horror as one person rose through the ranks by telling execs what they wanted to hear, then taking credit for work she didn't do. She wasn't even familiar with fundamental concepts of the department she was appointed to lead. This scenario would occur again, with another young woman appointed to lead another department, despite being flagrantly under-qualified, with no business building a Barbie Dream House, let alone a brand. If you can flash obsequious grins at C-levels, speak with confidence on topics you don't really understand, and you're aggressively mediocre in every way, you could be Volusion management material. All this was infuriating at the time. Now that the company is in a free fall, it's kind of funny. What's not funny is the possibility that YOU are considering a job there. Do not. If they don't shudder the place soon, they'll be bought out. Job security on a scale from McDonald's to Warren Buffet? Burger King. Run.
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