What is working from home like at Backcountry?

-Great coworkers -Discounts on gear

-Management is terrible. The last straw for me was when I told my boss I needed to work from home one day because my wife and kid were sick that day. My boss (who was fully remote) called me on Zoom and told me I had to go into the office because that was the expectation and if I didn't like it I could find a new job. -Company is poorly run and making bad financial decisions which has led to multiple rounds of layoffs (two in my time there). I wouldn't be surprised if there are more layoffs in the future. -Backcountry puts on this image of having a great work life balance where you can go skiing before work or leave early to go mountain biking. That balance doesn't exist - at least in the finance department. You're way too busy to take work off to go skiing or biking. Working from home late at night was a regular occurrence. I missed way too many good pow days last winter because of BC. -Double standards are everywhere. Depending on who your manager is or what department you're in, you'll be held to a different standard than everyone else. Some employees hardly ever come into the office while others are expected drive all the way to Park City four days a week. -Management is condescending and gives little direction. When I was assigned a task that was new or unfamiliar I was given little direction. When I asked questions my manager would say "You're a senior accountant, you should know how to do this." -More stressful than any other job I've worked so far. -Long and unnecessary commute to Park City -Expensive health insurance

Employee Discount , Remote work and flexible hours

Less opportunities for growth . no other cons

Fewer and fewer each day. The people are by far the best aspect of the office but more are fired or leave each month. The soul of the Goat has long since been crushed by private equity firms that don’t care about the outdoors we play in. Hybrid work model with 2 WFH days/week. You’ll be underpaid and you or all your coworkers will be unceremoniously fired but don’t worry, in the words of our new CFO, “you can get a discount on an $800 espresso machine through Sur La Table!”

Uncompetitive salary, even by outdoors industry standards. Extremely toxic company culture with employee tracking software monitoring apps used and sites visited, rating employee productivity hours, which was used as justification for employee layoffs. Sweeping employee furloughs to avoid reporting further layoffs and paying out severance to impacted employees. New owners recently reduced parental leave down to 4 paid weeks. Minimal career growth opportunities. Performative diversity efforts that barely lasted a couple years after 2020.

Remote work is convenient. Well-supported during training.

Community took a big hit during covid and there is slow progress to rebuild. Low rate of pay