A Few Bad Apples Spoil the Bunch - Anonymous employee Lagos Employee Review

2.0
Jun 7, 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Worked with a lot of genuinely passionate, intelligent and forward thinking women, but none of them had any real say in what the company was doing. Being around beautiful jewelry all the time is cool. You get a birthday credit and a gift at Christmas, plus a steep discount year round (though still overinflated from the item's cost for most items).

Cons

Overt racism from white women who've worked there forever. I'm not even talking about low key racism (ie. making sure your black employees are not in promotion tracks and are in lower paid positions, which is also true here!) I'm talking about hearing the phrase "all black people are lazy" VERBATIM. MULTIPLE TIMES. IN CONVERSATIONS THAT WERE NOT IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM ABOUT BLACK PEOPLE OR EVEN WORK ETHIC IN GENERAL. MULTIPLE TIMES EVEN AFTER I DIRECTLY SAID I DID NOT AGREE WITH THE STATEMENT. I watched one black woman get fired for doing something the white women in this company do on a regular basis with impunity. I've watched black women get write ups and warnings because a white woman cried. There were multiple stretches of time where we had no HR person at all. The things I overheard and the things that were said directly to me were nothing short of appalling. There is no excuse for this.

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5.0
Jun 2, 2025
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Pros

Everyone is hard working and passionate. The company has a very giving feel to it. Since I have started, I've felt more accepted, respected, and appreciated then in any other company/job that I have had before. The company is filled with bright and creative entrepreneurs that continue push each other, I have yet to have a bad experience. Compensation is fair. Internal growth and comfort is encouraged and welcomed. Steve Lagos, the founder and owner, is a man of building strong, ever growing relationships. He is brilliant.

Cons

I do not have any cons. I have seen other posts on here that genuinely confused me because of their negativity.

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1.0
May 1, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Uhhh I guess it’s a job?

Cons

Exactly what you’d expect from a family business. The owner runs the company like an erratic militant and couldn’t care about anything but profits (which I’m not even sure is that important to him, he keeps designing ugly jewelry). The most disorganized company you’ll ever work at (if you have the misfortune), it takes literal weeks to make the smallest decision and no work can even get done if leadership isn’t all over it, micro managing like you’ve never seen. The pay is miserable and so is the work life. You can tell on everyone’s faces that no one likes being there and is just waiting for the clock to reach 5pm. I genuinely don’t recommend this job to anyone, there’s no room for growth, your ideas don’t matter (and will probably get stolen), and the same 5 people are always favorited while everyone else is treated like scum, just extra wheels to keep the company above water (albeit barely). You literally have more growth opportunities working at McDonald’s. Oh, and HR will rip you off any way they can - classic!

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