Alene Candles Reviews

2.0

19% would recommend to a friend

(145 total reviews)

Raj Chary

14% approve of CEO

19% positive business outlook

Alene Candles has an employee rating of 2.0 out of 5 stars, based on 145 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a poor working experience there. The Alene Candles employee rating is 42% below average for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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145 reviews
1.0
25 June 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Nothing pros except no test for recreational use. So I can use during lunchtime and breaks.

Cons

Management is the worst, they keep on changing priorities left and right. Maintenance is treated by operations like 2nd clas citizens. Operations is constantly breakiing machines and blaming maintenance. I have fixed the mengibar 1837988 times and they keep on messing the same thing saying we don't fix anything. The plant manager in this building has no idea what he is doing. At first he is a nice guy, and whenever the powets above pressure him, he comes in threatening to fire people. People in the other building take defective candles home, but we can only take 2 or 3 wall flowers before ppl get annoyed. Either they don't plan for busy season or they have no idea on how to so the work because there hasn't been a year where busy season is the worst. They spend money on parties and big management bonuses (15%-20%), but they keep on laying off people every year. All of the investment goes to NH, which doesn't make any money, and hasn't made any money in years and our plants that do make money (and us who make money for you) are treated like second class citizens in salary, benefits, and respect. Safety here is a joke. People give gift cards to avoid recordables. Nothing sits well here. They keep on pushing on line 302 and over the years it has yet to do what's expected, which results in plant manager here losing his mind on us and blaming maintenance for everything when the operators are better handling a lego instead of production equipment. C suite top guy is a micromanager.

1.0
23 June 2026

Pleasant scents overshadowed by poor management

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

candles smell good all the time

Cons

management is the worst here

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Alene Candles Response
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Thank you for sharing your feedback. We appreciate the positive comment about our candles and are sorry to hear that your experience with management has not met expectations. We would appreciate the opportunity to learn more about your concerns so we can better understand your experience and address any issues appropriately. Please consider reaching out to Human Resources or a member of leadership you feel comfortable speaking with so we can review and respond appropriately. Sincerely, Shannon Director of Human Resources
1.0
22 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

None, I was misserable every day I was there. The pay was so bad, and the benefits a joke. They said it was because they are a small company. Directors and above make so much more money than line workers. Hence, it is more about priorities rather than anything else. At least we can take home "defect" candles as long as we keep it quiet.

Cons

Leadership is TERRIBLE and culture is even worst. There is no real plan there's just reaction. Ohio keeps on changing plant managers (3 in 3 years), and each one is more incompetent than the one before. Safety is a joke. A temp got hurt and management gave them a gift card to avoid a workman's comp claim. Quality is BAD. The company makes 3 dollar candles that the client sells for 24 dollars. Multiple times whenever we ran short of frageance the manager told us to just mix with a different fragrance because "no one cares" and "we need to make quota".

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