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No place for an active mom to work - Senior Packaging Designer Basic Resources Employee Review

1.0
Feb 14, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Pay was fair, my team was great, fairly diverse in race.

Cons

Only woman work here (just to note). Hours are long and dreadful. Environment is like a trading floor or sweatshop - this position is not conducive to growing your serious design portfolio. The VP I reported to (marketing) ran her team like a popularity contest, where she was the most popular and everyone else had to fall in suit. If you dared to be sufficient, independent and get along great with cross functioning teams, she would target and bully you and TRY to make you feel less than. You then get micromanaged and feel like you have to choose between your family and your job. She just won't want you there anymore. This work culture is not at all family friendly or flexible. No option to work from home if your child is ill or anything. You may get told that you do have that option but when it arises it will be held against you. You will be using all of your PTO to take care of family when life stuff happens. Also if you live in NJ and commute, beware. If NJ Transit is late (which they are about half the time) this will be held agaisnt you and you will be told to stay late to make up the hours regardless of getting all your work done. If you're a young woman with no kids or major responsibilities and live in the city, you could try this place out for a bit but that's the only group of people it might work for.

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Our organization is extremely diverse. As one of our values this is something we take great pride in. By attracting and hiring diverse talent, we are able to capture lots of great ideas and skill sets that continue to move the business forward. The Company also offers a competitive paid time off policy to give Associates the ability to request time off based on their individual needs.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
Dec 16, 2025
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Pros

Pros: - Work life balance. You won't stress here over work load and you never work late. Very hybrid and you can take advantage of that. Most days you can easily finish before 5pm. This work load is rare in the fashion industry - The people in design are very friendly and diverse. The team energy is welcoming and that never changed. Cons: - Very small pay compared to industry standards. This is expected because the workload is insanely easy and doesn't require much skills. But with inflation constantly rising, this place is not for a long time to be at. - No growth, dont stay long or you will be stuck. Very hard to find a job when you only have years in socks. - CFT teams do not get along. No collaboration in between. - Managers and seniors stay because of cushion easy positions that may pay fair. So never expect to be promoted cause those positions aren't going anywhere. - No real holiday parties or appreciation to employees. They seemed to think the easy work load and strong hybrid was good enough for their employees and thats it.

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