Shaklee Reviews

Pros

There is room for career growth and pay is reasonable in comparison with competitors

Cons

Too much work, they don't hire too many people

Pros

The people that sell Shaklee (Distributors) are some of the very best in the industry. Solid products. New earning opportunity is very promising.

Cons

Resources, resources, resources. Like any company struggling through today's economy, you have to run a tight ship and be very efficient, lean and mean. This is a blessing and a curse.

Advice to Senior Management

Keep doing what you need to do to make Shaklee great. Be more efficient, focused and united as you grow.

Pros

beautiful office
nice coworkers
good work/personal balance

Cons

lack of opportunity for promotion
extreme politics
micro-managing ce
poor salary increases and bonuses

Advice to Senior Management

allow your employees to do the jobs they were hired to do

Pros

to be able to work as much or as little as you want or can, and for something you believe in, and with people that share your own belief

Cons

the product works and you know it works but its to high in price for people how is having a hard time and you know if they could afford it, it would help them

Advice to Senior Management

advertise more, on tv or on the internet, and if the price wasn't so high the average jo could afford it

Pros

It is a company that is all about health and service, helping people to live better lives. It is the top nutrition company in the United States, and it provides more compensation to employees than any other company in its class.

Cons

Some of the scientific findings are hard to access, and more support videos on the website would serve well in communicating information to prospective members.

Advice to Senior Management

It would be great if Shaklee published an "Encyclopedia of Nutrition" that gave extensive information on each product, along with its components (herb, vitamin, etc.). Also, have it include all of the scientific articles and studies.

Pros

There are some people who do genuinely believe that the work they are doing at Shaklee makes a difference, but those people are unfortunately in the minority.

Although it's an MLM company at times it does feel like a legitimate company.

A healthy lifestyle is encouraged with the employee store and other workplace activities.

Cons

Most people you encounter at Shaklee are generally more concerned with their own agendas, and even though you may have great aspirations, you will quickly learn that most people don't share those aspirations.

The lack of a positive working environment trickles down from the CEO, who most people don't really respect.

A lot of politics - sure other companies have politics, but I've worked at a lot of other companies and none have the amount of politics that they do at shaklee.

There's very little rewards for non-management people. Management quite simply doesn't treat their employees well.

The turnover rate of employees speaks for itself - truly talented employees rarely stay for extended periods of time.

Probably not a place you would want to work at unless you have no other options. I'm looking for another job right now.

Advice to Senior Management

Really try to put yourself in the shoes of your employees - would you want to work for yourself?

You have the kind of business that does good things and has meaningful work that people would love to do. But if you truly live up to the values that you preach, you would be far more likely to attract real talent, and motivate your existing employees.

Pros

I like the flexibility and ability to work my own schedule in a company that supports good health. The company has been around 53 years and has always been a health company...caring about the environment and health.

Cons

Only negative I can think of...need to be self motivated and organized. It is up to you how much you put in.

Advice to Senior Management

Keep up the good work! The leadership under Roger Barnett has been outstanding and there is no doubt the company will continue to grow and provide good things to those involved.

Pros

Up until three years ago Shaklee's core value was to provide the best product, at the best price and for the ability for our distributors to have a home based business while spending more time with your family. For employees it was the opportunity to enter into a family like work atmosphere where you were rewarded (not just financially) in a way that made you feel like you were doing your part to help the business and make a difference. Management continually communicated with it's employees and with honestly. As an employee there was a fair opportunity to advance and you knew that the company would consider you first before pulling in an outsider.

Cons

Within the last three years the company has gone from the aforementioned to a company which still making it but at the expense of its employees- low morale, lack of support and mental distress. The core values appear to have been pushed to the waste side and a focus has been made to more of a personal gain for the CEO and his name. Issues like the push every year to release a product without complete preparation, last minute changes which normally take weeks are expected to be done overnight, the lack of support, fairness and recognition for it's employees and finally the ability to be able to conduct the work you were hired to do are just a few areas which have pushed the morale to all time low.

Executive support is limited and the mentality of "Just get it done so he's off my back" is pushed off to the employees doing the work. There is a strong opinion among employees that the executive provide limited information to the CEO and most of the time issues and problems that arise only come about at the last minute of a deadline when they could have been resolved long before with plenty of time. This has resulted in finger pointing and infighting among employees rather then a complete product and proper resolution.

Advice to Senior Management

Show a genuine attitude towards professional and employee growth. Try bringing in a few new employees with salaries that total 250k and can get the job done rather then hiring ONE executive making 250k who travels around the globe, submitting big $$$ expense reports and making unrealistic goals and improper decisions. When you first meet a candidate and hire them make a note of their job skills and what you liked about them. Then when you assign a project to them look over that list, refresh you memory as to why you hired them and let them create or do what you want done. Stop suggestion boxes and get out and talk with the employees. Do impromptu CEO conversations in their cubical. Show, not talk about how you care about your employees, what they think and their ideas. Ensure that there will not be backlash for negative comments or ideas that go against what the company is currently doing. Stop company waste .... the ridiculous expenses the company reimburses for, the waste of time on last minute changes which could have been done long ago, the waste of positions where people are truly only working 4 hours a day. Go back to the old fashion values hard work, honesty,integrity, faith in your employees

Pros

Don't go me wrong: there are days that the corporate politics are really tedious. But, from what I hear, that's true of most corporate jobs. So, what I love about working at Shaklee is the feeling that the work I do really does make a difference for people and the planet. Our distributors and customers love our products and the company's philosophy - and they brag about it every day. So, while you might not get kudos from your boss everyday, that makes you feel like the work you do matters. And that's what I want - I want the work I do to matter.

By and large, Shaklee people genuinely care, and there's a common, genuine commitment to what we're doing that keeps us going in our cubicles.

Cons

The pension plan is in shambles. The constant changing and cutting back of benefits is not just annoying, but chronically late and miscommunicated.

Age discrimination by upper management is blatant.

The company has definite management silos, and that creates a lot of unnecessary dysfunction.

Salary growth is limited for non-management track staff - which understandably impacts enthusiasm for going the extra mile.

Advice to Senior Management

A LOT of effort goes into rewarding our distributors - which they deserve for driving sales, etc - but barely any recognition for employees. If you can't reward us financially, find some other ways to make people feel good about their contributions. You've got a hall of recogntion for BLs - how hard/expensive would it be to do that for employees?

The silo management is unnecessary and dysfunctional - and can only be changed by executive action. That being said, it's also not working to leave ineffective silo leaders in place AND micromanage them to the point that they are powerless. If you don't like silo management, change the leaders. But get some leaders you can delegate to and let them do their jobs.