Elizabeth Arden Reviews

I have been working at Elizabeth Arden

Pros – Excellent hourly pay and great learning opportunities including a meeting and dinner with the CEO and CMO at the end of the internship.

Cons – The commute if you are from Long Island.

Advice to Senior Management – It would help if it was easier to reach HR through email.

I have been working at Elizabeth Arden as a contractor for more than a year

Pros – Excellent Product Knowledge - Positive Motivation and Commitment

Cons – Would prefer to have a greater budget for Spring Demoing.

Advice to Senior Management – Would like to have quarterly meetings on PK (Product Knowledge) to keep us up to date with perfumes as well as makeup.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I worked at Elizabeth Arden full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Usually good salary and good benefits. Interviews are given in a timely manner.

Cons – culture and values are not good. This company works off of quarter to quarter results and has no desire to support it's employees work life balance.

Advice to Senior Management – Seek assistance on how to achieve today's objective while still meeting the organizations goals.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Elizabeth Arden

Pros – Day goes by fast, with lots of work not enough people

Cons – 10-14 hour days, no time for home life. Lack of appreciation for hard work, expect more work. Bullies in senior level mgmt. I've heard one senior leader tell an employee that he should be working as a sheep herder. Also heard senior leader tell a working mother to find another way for her children to be picked up at 6:30 pm daycare.

Advice to Senior Management – Respect!

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Elizabeth Arden full-time

Pros – Manufacture and distribute decent and known products but no pros of working there.

Cons – Poor work ethics. Incompetent management. Zero work-life balance. Very traditional methods of working. Not open to evolution and changing for the better. Below-average pay and benefits. Employees stagnating in their roles. Internal politics. Insecure managers.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Elizabeth Arden part-time for more than 8 years

Pros – I have a great experience working with Elizabeth Arden because , they really have a good professional people heading the company

Cons – For some reason I haven't get any raise for the last four years

Advice to Senior Management – We need more tools and gift with purchases, to achieve the goals

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

I worked at Elizabeth Arden as an intern for more than a year

Pros – Elizabeth Arden is a community where it is very easy to reach out for help, guidance, and advice. Overall, everyone is extremely friendly and willing to lend a helping hand. I learned more at this internship then I ever did in school. My experience at Arden was an unforgettable growing experience.

Cons – The internship program was a little bit disorganized.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Elizabeth Arden full-time for more than a year

Pros – You can interact with all levels in the company and make an impact even at a lower level.

Cons – They are slow to promote their employees.

Advice to Senior Management – Elizabeth Arden needs to focus on promoting faster to keep its talent, rather than constantly hiring outside of the company. I also recommend giving more vacation and personal days so that employees don't burn out.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I worked at Elizabeth Arden part-time for less than a year

Pros – Deeply discounted services
discounts on products
flexible schedule
Intensive training

Cons – management is unreliable
clear company favoritism
Schedule sometimes came out just a couple of days before the week was set to start
Moving up in the company has nothing to do with Talent but everything to do with who you know, they would rather hire their friends rather than promote from within

Advice to Senior Management – My advice to management is, if you will be asking your team to do more work outside of their job duties, you need to pay them.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Elizabeth Arden

Pros – Best reason to work for this company is that this company is well known for their skin products and they are very good.

Cons – No communication, a lot of gossip, they talk down to you when you do not make your goal, threats, cut your hours, very unprofessional environment, foul language by district manager.

Advice to Senior Management – If you want to keep your employees you have to treat them like adults and human beings, have one on ones with your employees, best way to have great customer service it starts by making your employees happy so they can have that great positive attitude.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend