Don't work here - Warehouse Associate 1st Phorm Employee Review

1.0
23 July 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Discount on apparel and products

Cons

Mandatory unpaid meetings Require employees to put their cell phones in buckets collected by management prior to unpaid meetings Threats of termination everyday No janitors, staff is required to maintain bathrooms, kitchens, and facility cleanliness on top of other required job duties Mental and emotional manipulation from executives "No one cares, work harder" mentality driven into employees Encouraged to work extra hours off the clock to be considered a "team player" Customer service manager created a board with individual employee production numbers and placed it in an open area, verbally encouraging other departments to publicly humiliate employees with lowest numbers in an effort to "boost" them Required to attend mandatory education classes with no additional compensation CEO's friends and family run the building, implement a pyramid scheme, and scream at anyone that claims it operates as such Company values and ethics are stressed on a daily basis, but the opposite is demonstrated Will not hire qualified candidates that have children Expected to dedicate entire life to the company Deemed "unmotivated" and "worthless" if you are not constantly trying to move up within the company Required to read and write reports on assigned self-help books Required to revolve personal social media posts around 1st Phorm Will not hire those with education/degrees/experience into appropriate positions e.g. a Graphic Designer will not be hired for a Graphic Design position they will first need to "prove themselves" by working in customer service until management feels they're worthy of other positions. No rhyme or reason to promotions--some are promoted for good work after a few years, some are promoted in weeks, less qualified often promoted before others more qualified Employees that make mistakes often outed and berated in company wide text message Staff full of young adults that are constantly hooking up with other employees, regardless of company policy Sexual harassment is swept under the rug by management No official "HR" department; it consists of one woman that is a family member of the CEO and president

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5.0
29 Jan 2026
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Pros

lots of opportunity for internal promotion like minded individuals who understand the mission fantastic environment

Cons

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2.0
27 Jan 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

There’s some great people that work for the company, the supplements are high quality, you get 50% off as an employee, get to meet some pretty spectacular human beings and it’s kind of impossible to not lead by example in your own health working there, which is never a bad thing.

Cons

There is basically no HR (fun fact: it’s family) Leadership (not all) will often belittle you, talk down to you and act like the only other jobs out there if you leave are greeting people at Walmart. Public “accountability” via singling people out is a popular tactic there and there’s no clear path in your role - especially in sales. You have to post every single day on social media stories to get a bonus, which isn’t bad until you need at least one day to yourself off of social media. You don’t realize how much of this job consumes you until you leave and realize how you were constantly stressed and felt like you were never doing enough in your role, in addition to the constant threats of you or your role not being around. There is zero job security and there’s also zero sick days. If you need a day off, use some of your 2-week PTO and prepare to only have one day off for the holidays (Christmas and Thanksgiving), New Year’s Day is a work day. If you’re a new mom, you will be undervalued and not taken care of. “This job comes first, not your family,” was a famous line told to legionnaire coaches in a meeting a couple years ago, just to give some context. The CEO takes many family vacations and talks about being there for your children when they’re young as you won’t get that time back, but the culture doesn’t make that as easy for employees, especially moms.

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