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Updated May 28, 2023

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Found 1,075 of over 1K reviews
3.3
52% Recommend to a Friend
Overstock.com CEO Jonathan Johnson
67% Approve of CEO

Found 1,074 of over 1K reviews

3.3
52%
Recommend to a Friend
67%
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Overstock.com CEO Jonathan Johnson
Jonathan Johnson
142 Ratings

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Pros
  • "The people here are great to work with and there is always work to do so sitting around is not an option.(in 126 reviews)
  • "Good Benefits and very affordable(in 106 reviews)
  • "Very focused on good work/life balance.(in 54 reviews)
  • "Great culture and flexibility.(in 48 reviews)
  • "New building is aweme(in 32 reviews)
Cons
  • "Poor management required busy work to make all customer service representatives call out to customers.(in 58 reviews)
  • "Upper management is always looking at the next big thing and leave other ideas partially implemented and broken.(in 57 reviews)
  • "Nepotism and cronyism are rampant and act as a plague to the morale of the employees.(in 44 reviews)
  • "Pay is low and they expect you to hire new people to make more money than you.(in 44 reviews)
  • "If you get one of the bad managers, you are watched like a hawk, told what to do, and given no freedom to experience the good things about the company.(in 25 reviews)
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  1. 5.0
    Current Employee, more than 1 year

    Great place to work and build a career

    May 28, 2023 - Senior Automation Engineer in Midvale, UT
    Recommend
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    Pros

    Intense when it needs to be, relaxed when appropriate. Modern, complex tech stack. Thorough measurement and monitoring of environments. Management is transparent and effective. Good, collaborative atmosphere.

    Cons

    Lots of legacy systems and complex interactions, effects of change are not always immediately evident. Some processes evolve slowly.

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  2. 4.0
    Former Employee, more than 1 year

    Mixed experience

    May 26, 2023 - Anonymous Employee in Salt Lake City, UT
    Recommend
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    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Majority of the staff is incredibly kind, great headquarters, 9-80 work week, and many tenured employees.

    Cons

    Lack of work-life balance (in our department) Crazy amount of meetings and emails Too many cooks in the kitchen in areas that didn't require it

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  4. 5.0
    Current Employee, more than 10 years

    Overstock: The Place to Be for Ambitious and Driven Professionals

    May 2, 2023 - Anonymous-Current Employee in Midvale, UT
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Overstock offers ample opportunities for growth and career advancement. The company values transparency and open communication with employees, including direct access to executive level team members. Compensation is fair and aligned with market standards, and the company is committed to paying employees fairly. Overstock responded well to the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and offers a flexible remote/hybrid work environment. The company prioritizes diversity, equity, and inclusion, and provides support and opportunities for employees of all backgrounds. The company's values and leadership principles create a collaborative and positive work environment. Overstock is customer-focused and technology-driven, with a mission to create enterprise value.

    Cons

    Customer service seems to be excluded from company-wide events, which can be isolating for those employees. There have been instances of band-aid fixes in different departments, which can lead to inefficiencies in the long term. More attention could be given to doing things right the first time, particularly in light of the company's technology-focused approach. Some new employees seem to have received little to no training, which can be challenging for them as well as their colleagues.

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  5. 5.0
    Current Employee, less than 1 year

    Good Company

    May 25, 2023 - Tech Desk 
    Recommend
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    Pros

    Flexibility and people are great to work with

    Cons

    pay seems to be under market value

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  6. 2.0
    Former Employee, more than 1 year

    Great teams absolutely hamstrung by awful executive leadership

    Jan 17, 2023 - Business Analyst in Midvale, UT
    Recommend
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    Pros

    Amazing teams--from the level of staff to senior management. Data operation is clean and efficient. Campus is nice. They provide some decent training opportunities.

    Cons

    Executive leadership makes decisions that are shortsighted and often seem arbitrary. Morale is in the toilet because everyone from the director level and above (ESPECIALLY senior execs) are so focused on the very short term that they're crippling the ability of the company to function even quarter to quarter. The exec team pats each other on the back when the macroeconomic outlook makes the business look good, and criticizes employees when the macroeconomic outlook makes the business look bad. There's no attempt to steer executive strategy to adapt to changing economic outlook, they prefer to put the screws on the average worker rather than critically reevaluate existing initiatives. Everyone is worried sick about the next round of layoffs, or when the executive team will make another big change impacting quality of life without consulting even senior management. There's almost no trust in executive leadership at this point, and for good reason. Oh, and they pretty badly underpay compared to the rest of the industry as far as data science and analytics goes. They like to say they're a tech company in addition to a retail company but they sure don't act like it.

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  7. 4.0
    Former Employee

    Great company to learn best in class

    May 8, 2023 - Senior Campaign Manager in Midvale, UT
    Recommend
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    Pros

    High budget High performing campaigns Work with intelligent people

    Cons

    Layoffs happen constantly The bench is deep- meaning the only way up is usually out

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  8. 4.0
    Current Employee, more than 3 years

    Good company to work

    May 12, 2023 - Senior Software Engineer in Midvale, UT
    Recommend
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    Pros

    Culture, Technology stack is good. Flexibility in work

    Cons

    Not a great Pay but not the least

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  9. 1.0
    Former Employee, more than 8 years

    Toxic Environment

    May 18, 2023 - Marketing Director 
    Recommend
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    Pros

    Circa 2015-2021 were challenging yet, manageable years

    Cons

    Short-sided plans. If it's not for the next holiday or quarter, you cant even think about it. Work like crazy, just to have a meeting the day before and change everything . No vision or forward expansion. In fact, removing viable categories is the best ah ha. We know how that played in the market and lost revenue.

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  10. 3.0
    Former Employee

    Information Technology Technician 3

    May 23, 2023 - Information Technology Technician 3 in Midvale, UT
    Recommend
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    Pros

    They have a great culture.

    Cons

    The company's future was a little usure when I worked there.

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  11. 1.0
    Current Employee

    Ignored Employee Satisfaction Survey, Rescinded Remote Work

    Dec 15, 2022 - Technology Consultant 
    Recommend
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    Pros

    Great individual contributors and middle management. Nice Corporate HQ with gym and health clinic Cross collaboration with very intelligent people

    Cons

    They just completely ignored the recent results of an employee satisfaction survey in which over 90% of respondents said they are more productive working from home and stay here for the flexibility of remote work. The executive team is in the midst of identity crisis and just announced we’re all heading back to the office for better ‘collaboration’. In other words, they don’t care what we think, they feel it’s necessary to play the role of parent over the employees rather than be enablers. Possibly the worst Decision yet since the regime change from founding CEO to current CEO. Executives can’t be trusted and surround themselves with ‘yes’ people who create a toxic environment for all the great long-termed employees with deep institutional knowledge which is why we’ve seen so many tenured people leave throughout the past year. They claim ‘work life balance’ yet have unrealistic expectations of workforce management causing those of us who care about our performance to work long, stressful hours every week. Spend way too much money on getting visitors to the site with a disproportionately low customer conversion rate. Marketing is a joke. Executive strategy and vision is trial and error. The C suite revealed their total disconnect by rescinding the remote work option today.

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    9 people found this review helpful
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Overstock.com has an overall rating of 3.3 out of 5, based on over 1,105 reviews left anonymously by employees. 52% of employees would recommend working at Overstock.com to a friend and 39% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has decreased by -8% over the last 12 months.

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Overstock.com employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Overstock.com. This rating has decreased by -9% over the last 12 months.

52% of Overstock.com employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Overstock.com 3.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.5 for culture and values and 3.3 for career opportunities.

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