Hands down THE worst place to work for - Anonymous employee Indie Source Employee Review

1.0
21 Nov 2021
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Flexible schedule for some people

Cons

Incompetent owners who are only into money and do not care about their clients or their employees. The turnover rate is insane- everyone is just a number and lasts 2-5 mo on avg. Most of the employees mean well and want to do good for their clients, but do not have the experience or proper training or tools from the owners to do their jobs. The owner Jesse is the worst person to ask help from, he never has a straight answer and gives you the runaround, in the end, the employee is left to figure it out on their own. Jesse cannot deal with confrontations, especially with clients, and will put the employees in very uncomfortable situations and confrontations. Zack is the most self centered, condescending person there is. The clients are ALWAYS mad because Zack’s sales team will sell unrealistic dreams for money, then when the project managers cannot make magic happen, the clients are mad. the project managers have to ask the clients for more money in the middle of the project because sales didn’t ask for enough retainer to begin with, which means the clients are more angry. So many clients believe the company baits and switches, and it’s totally true when their dreams become nightmares, and of course, the owners don’t care as long as the money is collected- they leave it up to the employees to deal with the mess. The company provides zero tools, not even a computer (BYOC), safe/ secured/ free parking, your own desk, water, working wireless printer, excel, scissors…list goes on and on. The owners are unreasonably stingy. There’s no benefits- healthcare, dental, vision. Nada. You have PTO and mandatory sick days. They claim you will have “full access of their fabric library”, which is a complete joke. They’re a bunch of old headers nobody ever looks at and are just taking up space. The pay is bad, jesse and zack lowballs you on your salary and promises some type of incentives or review- never happens, don’t fall for it, you know your worth. Just run away from it. It’s not worth sacrificing your mental health.

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5.0
18 June 2020
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Pros

I have worked at Indie Source as a Sales Development Representative for almost a year now, directly under Zack, the CEO. I can honestly say that my experience here has been unlike any other sales job that I have had. The company prides itself on having an entrepreneurial spirit and this is something that you can see in everyone that works here as well. You are not just the role that you have been given, you have the ability to create your own growth within the company and learn as much as you are willing to. Zack and Jesse, the cofounders of Indie Source, have created a startup culture where everyone is given the tools for success through sales workshops, one on ones, sitting in on client meetings/calls and role play. Zack and Jesse do an amazing job of asking for feedback and actually making changes that will be beneficial to the whole company. In the short amount of time that I have been here I have had the opportunity to do sales within development and production and if you do a good job you will absolutely be compensated for it. Working here has been an incredible learning experience that I am able to use in so many aspects of my life.

Cons

I have not experienced any downsides to working at Indie Source.

1.0
16 Aug 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Flexible work hours/ make your own hours

Cons

Terrible management who does not care for it's employees. Long hours, staff are overworked. Misinformed and straight up lied about employee payment from the initial first interview along with rude, micro managing supervisors with zero knowledge behind fashion manufacturing. Indie Source is dishonest. They portray and preach full transparency while they contract all their employees to avoid paying proper state wage. Unstable business that can barely keep employees any longer than 2 months; constant revolving staff along with poor and inadequate training. Massive disorganization in accounting, client management and refuses to invest in project management or sales software while offering no alternative solutions. Look elsewhere.

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