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Besame Cosmetics

Is this your company?

Time for a change in management - Anonymous employee Besame Cosmetics Employee Review

2.0
17 Nov 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Most employees are wonderful, kind, intelligent people. Gratis makeup was nice, and the quality of the makeup is good so it’s nice to have it for free.

Cons

If you look up traits of micro-management, founder’s syndrome, and toxic work environment, you will find these as descriptions of the CEO and CFO. They will boast that they have been doing this for 16 years, and take credit for it all, but it is the employees that they overwork and underpay who have done all the hard work. It’s time for them to hang up their hats and retire. They are out of touch with the customers and the industry, and they have no management experience for a company of this size, and the pain-points within the company really show that. Employees frequently cry and suffer panic attacks from being treated poorly by Fergus, who is a toxic boss. He is passive aggressive, disrespectful, rude, and “motivates” employees with fear tactics. He has unrealistic expectations and never gives praise or rewards for hard work. Most days it seems like they don’t even want to be doing this anymore, because they just complain and worry. There are a couple of great candidates within the company now who have more business experience and could be promoted within the company and do a better job running it. They make very hasty and risky decisions, they change their mind constantly, and this kind of behavior within the company leaves all other employees scrambling to keep up and keep customers from getting disappointed. They not only pay employees below industry averages for their positions, they never give bonuses or raises, despite how long people have worked there or the good work they do. They have promised raises and then "forget" to follow through on them. They do not pay overtime to anyone on a salary even if they work a 7 day week with days longer than 12 hours. They call paying out PTO at the end of the year a "bonus" even though employees are entitled to that anyway. That's how they keep people from taking time off throughout the year. Also, every employee gets $300 gratis, whether you are a full time employee or an employee who has been here 1 month and works 4 hours a week. The amount of gratis never changes. And you are not allowed to use it on anything Disney or limited edition.

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Pros

Fair pay, Amazing coworkers, great working environment

Cons

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1.0
24 Oct 2023
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CEO approval
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Pros

Most of the product is actually good quality and you do get gratis makeup if you are into that (but not any Disney makeup).

Cons

Working at besame taught me what a toxic workplace is, and I would never recommend working at this place to anyone. I have literal PTSD because of this job. Management smiles and acts nice to the public but behind closed doors, employees are crying, scared, and literally having nervous breakdowns. Management will never compliment good work, they only criticize and blame. If someone has a good idea, they steal it and claim it as their own. I heard management talk badly about every employee behind their back, sometimes sharing private information about their health or personal matters to other employees. I have also heard management make comments that are racist, fat-phobic, and homophobic (especially regarding trans people and drag performers). Yes they are P.O.C. but they have prejudice toward other P.O.C. races. During covid, when the shutdowns first happened, they tried to ask all of their employees to come back to work anyway, even though they were not legally permitted to do so and it was not safe. They will fire you at the drop of a hat, or they will work you so hard and underpay you so much that you feel forced to quit. No one is paid a fair wage, except the owners who literally buy a new exotic car every couple of months. There are a lot of bad workplace practices going on behind closed doors that they try to keep hidden, and I'm scared to even write this review even though I don't work there anymore because I know they will try to find out who I am and get retalliation. That's just what they are like- mean and underhanded. If another brand starts to look like competition, they will ask employees to try and sabatoge their social media or spread rumors about them to get them to fail. Other employees I worked with were usually sweet lovely people but everyone was always working through panic attacks and crying in the bathrooms on break. You will be guilted about taking time off, you will never get a raise or a bonus, and management will gaslight you until you break. There is a reason the turnover rate there is so high. Hardly anyone stays there longer than 1 year. The woman who runs this company is not the person she pretends to be in interviews; she is cold and selfish. This broke my heart because I truly admired her before I found out what she is really like. Not worth it. Run.

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