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YDesign Group

Now known as Lumens

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Stingy holidays, poor medical benefits, and low morale - Anonymous employee YDesign Group Employee Review

2.0
Nov 18, 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Overall, the employees are very nice and very good at their work. The project management and merchandising teams are especially notable.

Cons

Only 6 holidays per year where normally it is 10 to 12; the company contributes only $250 per month toward medical insurance; the current business agenda is venture capital driven: reorganize the company in order to sell it and make a profit; morale in the company is consequently very low.

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5.0
Oct 16, 2022
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Pros

friendly working environment and supportive lead team

Cons

doesn't have many company's activities for connecting workforce

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YDesign Group Response
3y
Thank you for taking the time to write a thoughtful review! We appreciate hearing about your personal experience and are glad to learn that you enjoy working with your team members. We care very deeply for our employees and are implementing programs for our employees to connect as a community, like our Lumens Days. If you’d like to provide further feedback please email us at HR@ydesigngroup.com.
4.0
May 6, 2022
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Pros

Leadership does do things that show they care. We went fully remote before the height of the pandemic, even before official cdc guidelines, and have been remote since. There have been 2-3 'fun' activities: meeting in the park, getting shipped a succulent kit and getting together virtually to grow it, chocolate tasting, etc. in the marketing department. Good PTO. Customer Service do not always get the days off but they do get 8 hours holiday pay, which is nice. Very good work life balance. I have always been free to take time off, even on 1+week vacations. I am hourly, and my manager has made it clear I will never be contacted outside work hours. I have been here a while and after you earn trust, you're basically left alone to do your work (in the good way). There are crunch times, especially around Black Friday, but I have never felt overworked for too long. There is a voluntary Diversity Equity & Inclusion council comprised of many people across the company, including customer service reps, specialists, managers, and VPs. I would say this company is actually trying to be inclusive.

Cons

Advancement opportunities are pretty slow. Raises are basically 3% per year, increasing very little regardless of how well you do. It's discouraging to see this especially after us making record profits during covid, with leadership congratulating and thanking everyone during the company wide town halls. Personal advancement is something they say they will support if you come up with the plans yourself, but there is no formal process to learn new skills. It feels like the best people are leaving.

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YDesign Group Response
4y
Thank you for taking the time to write a thoughtful review! We appreciate and value your input. If you have any further feedback to share we’d love to hear from you, please email us at HR@ydesigngroup.com.
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