Some fun people to work with, but not a fun place to work - Anonymous employee Sur La Table Employee Review

1.0
Nov 4, 2010
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

good discount, friendly staff at local stores

Cons

No respect from management except for "chosen few". No trust and no communication. IT does not support the company's main backend systems. Very dramatic office with lots of politics. Lots of nepotism. Low level folks do all the work and management sits around and praises themselves. No work / life balance whatsoever. Work is supposed to come before anything else and long hours are expected.

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