Mission: Founded in 2004, Cat5 Commerce is a fast-growing internet retail company, We own and operate online webstores including TacticalGear.com and WorkBoots.com. The core of our business consists of ecommerce, digital marketing, and software development.
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I have been working at Cat5 Commerce full-time (More than 5 years)
Pros
Culture is laid-back and fun, little micro-managing, ability to share thoughts/ideas, amazing benefits, recognition when it's deserved, and great job security
Cons
The drive to and from work
Advice to Management
Keep encouraging ideas from within the company
Application
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Cat5 Commerce (Chesterfield, MO) in December 2017.
Interview
Upon applying for the position, I was contacted and brought in for an interview for the position within 2 weeks. The interview itself went great, I talked to 2 representatives from the company who seemed polite and informative, some general questions about Digital Marketing and the industry were asked and then it ended on a positive note, with me being informed that I will be contacted within 2 weeks.
What was unprofessional was the follow-up, something that seems to be non-existent to Cat5. A day after my interview I sent a thank you email, as I normally do with any position I apply for. A week goes by with no response. So after the first week, I sent a second email again thanking them for the opportunity. Another week goes by with no response. Then I called and asked to speak to my interviewers to thank them (also out of worry that I would be annoying them at this point) and was told that neither of them were available and then I left a message with a call-back number. At this point, it has been over 2 months since then and I still haven’t heard back from Cat5. My interview was average at it's worst, so nothing that I said or done should have warranted me being completely ignored.
What kind of company doesn’t follow up with an interview? Especially one that prides itself on marketing and communication? Even if they somehow never received a follow up from me, they had my contact information and they could have at least emailed me to inform me of their decision. Instead, my time holding off applying to other places was wasted and my hopes were crushed. To Cat5, their time is unfortunately worth more to them than their job-seeking applicants'.
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