Art.com Reviews

- middle management make it impossible to complete tasks. questions will be answered with insults and criticism. - if you get frustrated because management is making it difficult you will be reprimanded for having a bad attitude. - if you make suggestions concerning how processes could be improved, you will be told that it is not within the scope of your job description. - there is no career path or interest in promoting employees. employees put their time in and leave. - litigation and confrontation are embraced more than cooperation and collaboration. - there is no way to defend yourself. managers, hr, and middle management support each other. the smallest of petty issues become huge drama. even if you have supporting documentation to prove that circumstances for which you are being held accountable for were either not you fault or beyond your control, as in you were in another country at the time of the incident, resolutions are a one-way, their way or the highway kind of street. there is no help from team members. - upper management and entire departments disappear without a trace. - employees are absurdly underpaid. - the sign says art.com but they really just sell a bunch of Jimi Hendrix posters. if you actually know something about art, you will be ignored.

I’ll get right to it, the CEO is struggles in his role. His autocratic management style trickles down through his direct reports. His arrogance, bloated self-worth and heavy-handed leadership style affects EVERY SINGLE LEVEL of the organization. Knee-jerk changes in direction, coming from the CEO, ties up resources in the company. And, because of the way goals are set by department (and also conflicting by department) many times the change in direction will negatively effect bonus structures for multiple departments. So, don’t expect a bonus. In the same breath, because of the way the business is set up, teams (like the call center) actively work against each other in order to have a shot at getting a bonus. For those who are being courted by Art.com...they’ll try to get you in the company with stock, lots of stock. It’s worth nothing. Through the rumor mill, the company has been on the block multiple times to be sold, but the arrogance from the senior management has soured every deal in the category. Let me repeat that – EVERY DEAL. Over the past 5 years, there has been a revolving door with the leadership team including Product, Marketing and Business Development – VPs, SVPs, CMOs. In those instances, the dictatorial approach coupled with the unrealistic goals for each department delivered a wake of layoffs, firings and/or resignations. Lastly with remaining C-Team there is no vision, no forward thinking from the entire senior leadership team. Nothing. Case and point – at an all company meeting the CEO was “out of ideas” to drive the business forward. Um, really? At least motivate your employee’s to deliver for you… that might be too much to ask. Some advice as someone who knows intimately what it’s like to work there - regardless of how seasoned you are, this company is nothing like you have ever seen. You might still not be convinced, saying that all of the people who write on Glassdoor are disgruntled. For the most part, you are right, but imagine how many people have written on GD with such venom towards the company. It’s sad to say, it’s really that bad.