Tough to get ahead + poor management - Associate Uncommon Goods Employee Review

2.0
Apr 11, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-Good intentions and mission -Decent work/life balance (though this is changing) -Smart team members -Supports small artisans

Cons

-Hard to get ahead unless you are a major suck up / drink the kool aid about how UG is "your favorite place to work" -Management is pretty clueless and do not know how to coach team members. If you ask for feedback on what to do differently to get promoted/pay increase, they have no answer. -Lots of people leaving the company and many roles purposely not being filled, so others have to take on huge additional workloads (and are not compensated for this). -The most minuscule bonuses you could ever imagine - borderline insulting. -Salaries/titles are not commensurate with workloads and responsibilities. You will be doing the work of a much higher title without the recognition or pay. -Acts like a start-up but is not one. Lots of process improvements are needed but could take years.

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Uncommon Goods Response
7y
Thank you for providing your feedback. We appreciate your sentiments and agree that our team members are smart and talented, and we will continue to support our growing community of artisans, as it is an important part of our mission. We sincerely apologize that your time with UncommonGoods wasn't as positive as we would have hoped it would have been. This feedback is critical to us, as we are always working on continuous improvement for each and every team member’s experience. One of our Guiding Principles is “We Are Always Learning” - we are committed to fostering that with our management team, and continue to work on ways to promote healthy, solid relationships between our managers, leaders and team members. We will also continue to look at ways in improving career development for our team members, making sure that each person has the tools, feedback, and support from the leadership team to succeed. We have revised our bonus and compensation programs and we do pay for performance. If you are open to speaking to our Head of HR to provide any other suggestions on how we can make our team and UncommonGoods even better, we would welcome the opportunity. We wish you all the best in your future endeavors. Thank you for your contributions to UncommonGoods.

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Uncommon Goods Response
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Cons

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Uncommon Goods Response
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