Not built to last! - Heed the warnings! - Anonymous employee SharkNinja Employee Review

1.0
30 Sept 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Minimal items for this section. Pay is at the industry average or above, benefits, the healthcare plan they have partnered with is good, they are relaxed when it comes to restrictions such as food allowances while travelling. The bonus set-up is good. Many employees are good people and great to work with. The only reason Culture and values gets a 2 Star is for some of the people, the overall company culture and values is a nightmare. If the structural issues, and issues with some of the management could be fixed, the company would be more suitable for long term employment vs. the massive exodus of employees that they are seeing in tandem with their inability to hire QUALITY employees.

Cons

Where to begin. First and foremost, there is no formal training or onboarding for this company that is of actual use. Yes you have the boiler plate... this is how to access your pay stub sites, etc. but those are all based on a template from the payroll company. You are dropped into your position in trial by fire, and every person is looking out only for themselves, so you will get help and advice from others only when it is convenient. The program that they just implemented is basically an indoctrination into the corporate brand of Kool-aid, that gives you a bunch of buzz words, but doesn't assist you in performing your position, or quickly becoming an effective member of the organization. Secondly, there isn't any uniform structure or process, if anyone tells you otherwise, they are fooling themselves. Many "standard processes" have 3 different versions of what the "process" is. You can ask 3 different people all in the related functions, and they will give you 3 different answers or forms that are the "correct and latest", and then submit that for approval or review and get blasted because actually you were supposed to use a 4th method that was never announced to anyone doing the ground work. Which leads into the 3rd problem, communication. Many times there are high level conversations that happen, make decisions, create policies, procedures, etc. but these discussions many times do not include the respective parties that will be affected. Even in instances where they do, the information/decision/procedure is never reported out to the people affected or doing the work. Often you will find out you were supposed to do something a new way when you get scolded for doing it wrong. The fourth major issue is just information management and tracking in general. The entire business and operations is run via e-mail, what few databases that exist don't work, or aren't set-up for the purpose they are being used for, it's a nightmare and a law suit waiting to happen. The list can keep going, and without fixing the root causes, a two years or less departure time from this company is almost inevitable.

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

The speed and agility are just code names for ceo paranoia and inability to make and stick to decisions. Toxic environment perpetuated by the lifers. Entire departments are pit against each other. A culture of public shaming and blaming with a side of discrimination and misogyny. It is absolute chaos and makes you regress professionally because after a while all you do is “yes” the ceo and do things the Shark way which is essentially the Mark way and 0% what other orgs would do or what you learned about/experienced previously. Micromanaging starts from the very top. Product issues daily. People cry daily. Ridiculously high turnover. So much bullying and favoritism. Extremely top heavy and lots of VPs+ to attend meetings but not enough people to actually work. Those in leadership are also unprofessional and liabilities. No work life balance. No respect. Backstabby. Even the meeting are aggressive and called hacks, red teams, sledge hammer approach etc. The best way to be successful here is to be a super caffeinated visible sycophant that is fine with no life outside of work. People note the high comp but it’s not worth it and is not enough compared to the hours actually worked and all the stress and anxiety that comes with it. The moral and mental health here are the lowest I’ve ever seen.

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