Great People and Legacy, Terrible Management - Director Levi Strauss Employee Review

3.0
19 May 2014
Recommend
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Pros

LS & Co has a very talented and smart workforce, very open floor plan (I personally like but others don't), casual dress code, offers a flexible work schedule, great vacation benefits and OK medical benefits.

Cons

Unfortunately, there are continuous reorgs / layoffs (almost yearly), an upper management team that can't make decisions and can't stick with a vision or strategy, a VERY political atmosphere where favoritism trumps performance, limited opportunities for advancement and a poor work / life balance as each reorg requires remaining staff to take on more workload with no incremental pay or title change. The company also has a large debt that's publicly held, limiting overall growth while making the environment VERY stressful on a daily basis.

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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
1 Jun 2026
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Pros

You get to work on really cool projects. Passionate co-workers.

Cons

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