e-Cycle Reviews

2.6

32% would recommend to a friend

(32 total reviews)

Jen Myers

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27% positive business outlook

e-Cycle has an employee rating of 2.6 out of 5 stars, based on 32 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The e-Cycle employee rating is 26% below average for employers within the Retail and wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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32 reviews
1.0
11 Feb 2014

Work here at your own risk.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

-Free lunch for different occasions -Easy work -Environmental concern -Nice people -Director of Operations

Cons

-Communication was always horrible. Nearly every week some new process or procedure was implemented with little explanation of why or its purpose. -Huge debacle in starting pay for new hires. After hiring employees in at $10/hr, management got tired of people turning down employment offers or quitting within the first couple weeks, so they raised the entry wage. However, those who had been hired in at $10 were not adjusted to match what brand new Ops employees were making for quite some time, leaving everyone baffled that someone who just started could be making nearly the same as someone who had been there a year or more. Of course, senior management was slow to react and after making themselves look ridiculous and incompetent, they finally got the hint. -While the work is easy, a monkey could do nearly every job in Ops, so expect monotonous and mind-numbing work 99% of the time. -Raises were arbitrary, with most people getting less than a quarter for their yearly review. Reviews were usually postponed numerous times and held months later than everyone was told. -Incentives were always raised even tho they "wanted" you to hit them. My department's was raised 15-20 times and we were often accused of sandbagging when they were grossly underestimated from the start. (Why would we do extra work for free?) -COO. She admitted to planting fake reviews on here to "balance out" the bad ones. She was so over-the-top fake and energetic that I would get exhausted just hearing her. During one quarterly meeting, she was constantly interrupting presentations to treat everyone like they were 5, handing out gum ball prizes and being loud and obnoxious to give the "I'm on your side" vibe (she was the one who did nearly all of the firing). -Those promoted to management were usually those who rocked the boat the least, not the most qualified. -College degree's are given 0 value even tho they like seeing that you have one. -Recycled Keeper program, at least when I was there, seemed to be a scam or, at the very least, a shady business practice. It was essentially tell the customer their device was worthless and was going to be shredded when, in reality, was kept in a storage room and sold overseas, giving the company a 100% profit. -COO brought many previous coworkers on board, making you wonder who actually got the job because they were qualified, not because they sucked up to the COO or were her favorite at a previous stop.

2.0
23 Mar 2016

Meh....

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Easy job to work while going to school. Free drinks and laid back atmosphere.

Cons

Not a Career!!! Don't plan on advancing too far in this company. I have seen quite a bit here.The Company is shrinking and they are okay with it. You have been warned.

1.0
6 Dec 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Employees were great for the most part who drank the corporate juice and believed in what the company appeared to be doing. On the surface, this company looked like a huge winner, but once you dive right underneath it all, you realize it's not what it appears to be. For the first year I was there, as long as you did your job, you were left alone.

Cons

Where do I start? It has been over a year since I was there so I've had time to reflect. Let's start with the compensation - the salary was very poor and not competitive at all (about 45k to start). After some complaints, SOME people got a "raise" to 55 or even 60k - but it wasn't based on performance or location. It was purely based on the CEO's random attempt to keep qualified employees. Of course word gets around, and some people discovered they didn't get any bump in salary. Benefits were terrible and costly too. Vacation time is standard. As far as the corporate culture - don't just take my words here. Read the other reviews. Senior management is clueless. They think they understand the market, but they don't. They grossly miscalculated it, and it cost them dearly. Expansion was the goal, and they did it too fast. The CEO is only attempting to fund his next Ferrari - and he doesn't care that the people who work for him have families. Many of the salespeople worked their tails off, but were fired for no reason. Not performance, just as I was told -"we didn't anticipate the market, and unfortunately you're a casualty. Now mind you I was given a $100 gift card the day before I was let go for "being one of the top salespeople in the company." "We're blessed to have you on our team" I was told. I landed some of the largest customers in the company, and I was let go. So how do you think your job security will be? This is not sour grapes - I found another job in 2 weeks. I am just giving the benefit of my two years there. I could go on and on about things they do - including not fostering good relationships between employees, but I only really have one point to make here. DON'T work for this company no matter what they say. You're only going to be disappointed, and possibly ruined financailly.

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