Hayward is a toxic environment - Associate Baxter Employee Review

2.0
Apr 13, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Decent health benefits. Friendly and dedicated coworkers. Company finally gave employees utensils to use for meal breaks.

Cons

Work environment has become worse over the past 2 years. A lot of politics. Merit increase was favorable to favorite peers. No one to escalate issues to because leadership and HR are in cahoots. If you report an issue, it comes back to you and you instantly become a target.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
Jun 30, 2026
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Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Was a great company 5 years ago. Declined heavily in the last 3 years. Way too many lay offs and restructuring.

Cons

Favoritism. Manager has no answers looks to someone they manage for answers. This person gatekeeps information and is overall toxic. Contradictory instructions. Managers will rely on bad information and then different managers will give you conflicting orders. If you try to go to the upper managers they will terminate you and lie about it. You could be asked to solve problems you were not hired for.

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