Avoid this company at all cost - Anonymous employee Hampden Employee Review

1.0
11 May 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Salaried position Free clothes Allotment each month towards clothing

Cons

I have never worked in a more volatile and toxic environment. The owner, Stacy Smallwood, is demeaning and outright hostile to her employees. The turnover is almost unbelievable and that should be a heads up from the start. You will be lead on with empty promises of “monthly bonuses” and salaried positions, all to be worked 50+ hours a week with no bonus and unrealistic expectations. There are no benefits and you have to pay for your own parking. The company is severely understaffed. They refuse to pay part timers overtime, you will be working for free. Expect to sit in day long meetings to do personality test, all to be fired after you clash with the owner’s manic personality. Avoid this company at all cost. I witnessed so many young and talented individuals taken advantage of and burnt out.

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