Volcom reviews

4.0

81% would recommend to a friend

(180 total reviews)

Todd Hymel

65% approve of CEO

43% positive business outlook

Volcom has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 180 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Volcom employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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180 reviews
1.0
May 14, 2014

Empty Promises

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

1) This company attracts very cool people who have high aspirations in their personal and professional lives. 2) All these awesome people really know their stuff, unfortunately there are some who are waaaaaay to busy to remember all the things they said they would do. Therefore the culture has become somewhat of an illusion.

Cons

1) Lack of company wide knowledge sharing/training. Everyone thinks they know how to use the ERP system, but not one person fully does. If you've never used their ERP system, they will look you in the eye and promise to help you use it. The reality is that you literally have to train yourself by asking everyone in the company as possible (it takes a few tries to get training meetings because they keep canceling, so expect a lot of rescheduling) and compile your own list of tips and tricks to help yourself run simple queries. 2) Overwhelmed management personnel are efficient in hiding their weaknesses... so, in meetings these yes men talk BIG "Oh yes we can do that," and "Oh yes, that is a great idea!" and "yes, we can have that to you by the end of the day". Then after the meeting those same "yes" people are unreachable. This "talking BIG" means that people who work under them (aka help them get their work done) cannot move forward with projects because management suddenly is MIA or too busy elsewhere.

3.0
Apr 24, 2017

Hit and Miss

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

inspiring office, wear what you want, skateboard down the hallways, lots of inspiring people that encourage and share creativity. fun parties.

Cons

not so inspiring leadership. pay was lousy. budgets for each department are ridiculously skewed.

1.0
Feb 27, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

1/2 day fridays in the summer.

Cons

They've recently laid-off a pregnant woman and two women just off maternity leave. (one three days off). They offer zero severance package. The execs truly don't care about the people that have dedicated themselves to the brand. Well, the CEO cares but only if you're an intern that he wants to sleep with. They would rather buy more brands than understand how to run the ones they already have.

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