Not great but necessary right now. - Anonymous employee Steven Madden Employee Review

1.0
Sep 11, 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The pay is ok. Not the best. Other places are paying better for the same job.

Cons

With the exception of some of the newer upper management, upper management is aware of many of the flaws and does not take appropriate steps to fix them. It is an extremely inefficient place. The culture is extremely petty and often feels like being back in high school. Not enough focus on staying modern throughout the company. There is a high focus on cutting cost and not enough investment in the company. Retention of great employees is non existent. I see this company falling behind other fashion companies in many ways. Nothing will change while things stay the status quo.

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1.0
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Pros

A lot of free shoes. Decent employee discount. Good starter/beginner job. But if you can work somewhere else, do that instead.

Cons

Please read if you’re considering employment with this brand! This company is extremely TOXIC. They do not care about their employees at all. The training at any level is awful. There is no structured training system or operations and it creates lack of confidence and more issues and creates failure. The pay is poverty wages. For many years this company let amazing talent go due to wages. This company will not pay you well. And they nickel and dime pay raises IF THERE EVEN ARE ANY! This company does very well financially to be able to give raises and they don’t. There is a lot of favoritism amongst management so if they favor someone, they will take their word rather than look into the issue. The workload is absolutely insane. So much extra/unnecessary busy work that creates constant chaos. I’ve never seen a brand waste so much energy on unnecessary nonsense and they cannot execute anything seamlessly or timely. It’s like you are always running in a circle. They have no methodology to training or operations. In summary, you can make so much more money hourly/salary at most other retailers, so don’t even waste your time here. You won’t be able to pay your bills and survive. There is minimal work/life balance. The corporate office is all white girls, so zero diversity. HR department is low intelligence and does not care about people.

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