JAKKS Pacific Reviews
Updated Dec 24, 2020
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Approve of CEO
Stephen G. Berman
55 Ratings
Pros
"Great company, great people until you" (in 7 reviews)
"Fast paced, good product designs" (in 6 reviews)
Cons
"Beyond disastrous upper management has incompetently run a once-great company into the ground" (in 17 reviews)
"Working weekends and long hours of the week during Toy Fair" (in 11 reviews)
Pros & Cons are excerpts from user reviews. They are not authored by Glassdoor.
"Great"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsNeutral OutlookI worked at JAKKS Pacific part-time for more than a year
Pros
Lived working there was really great
Cons
Busy but mostly chill but busy
"Poor management of lots of talented people makes them leave."
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendDisapproves of CEOI worked at JAKKS Pacific full-time for more than a year
Pros
Some good products and great coworkers
Cons
Poor management. Rarely promote from within. It’s basically just a boys club and unless you’re in on that, you’re never going to grow there. Very high-school like, catty, clique-y, gossipy, everyone plays office politics. Just a toxic place to work.
"Collapsing"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at JAKKS Pacific full-time for more than 8 years
Pros
Great teammates and location / office.
Cons
Beyond disastrous upper management has incompetently run a once-great company into the ground. They played favorites all the way, ignoring the real professionals. Play golf with the COO? You're in!
Continue reading"Not good"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at JAKKS Pacific full-time for more than 5 years
Pros
Fun people, innovative, toy industry
Cons
Upper management doesn't care about anything.
"Claims Rep"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsNeutral OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at JAKKS Pacific full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
Able to make a living
Cons
always less breaks, time management,
"Face paced, leadership needs improvement"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendI worked at JAKKS Pacific full-time for more than a year
Pros
Fast paced, good product designs
Cons
President of the division was not kind and didn’t seem to have an interest in the success or development of talent in the mid and lower levels
"Jakks Review"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI have been working at JAKKS Pacific part-time
Pros
Managing Director Eric Foltz was patient and nice
Cons
The organizational structure was rigid and inefficient at times
"Not bad"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
I worked at JAKKS Pacific full-time
Pros
Nice people and free toys
Cons
Not a tech company, tech might not be central to goals or mission
Pros
People that I worked with.
Cons
None that I can think of.
"... not good"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
I worked at JAKKS Pacific part-time for more than 3 years
Pros
Pay good and hours good
Cons
Never a manager around to help
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