Great Product, Lousy Leadership - Corporate Office Purple Employee Review

2.0
23 Sept 2022
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Pros

Great products from the original founders of the company. New owners and leadership inherited an amazing invention.

Cons

The company is not innovating anymore. I suppose the plan for the current leadership is to ride the coattails of the original grid until the brand is boring and forgotten. If it weren't for the initial marketing push of those famous commercials, nobody would even know about Purple. The recently hired CEO and new CHRO cleaned house when they arrived by laying off 2/3rds or more of the company. Both on the production side and at the corporate level. The CHRO himself pushed out all corporate employees who'd been with the company longer than two years so he could bring in his own team of sycophantic loyalists. He is extremely dishonest, arrogant, and his cult-like following of minions worships the ground he walks on. He gets super grumpy if he is not idolized daily. The HR team quickly takes credit for what goes right and is quick to blame previous employees when things go wrong. There is a toxic culture on every team. Employees are not sure if they are going to have a job from month to month. There have been a few candidates that were even offered jobs, and after their offer was signed, HR would rescind it for no reason. Purple is a shell of its former self.

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5.0
13 Mar 2026
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Pros

The people are amazing! Top management has encouraged a culture of innovation, learning, and development. Employees are empowered to be creative, speak up, and share ideas. Purple is the only company I have worked for where I have truly felt valued and cared about as an employee both by upper management and management in my department.

Cons

They have done a couple layoffs in the past couple of years due to the economy.

2.0
29 May 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Work from home flexibility. Company is crashing so there are lots of quiet quitters. If you want to chill and get paid for nothing until it's out of business, this place is for you. Otherwise great product, terrible corporate management.

Cons

CEO has been banking on the housing market to turn around as a strategy for success, never seen a company with a lesser plan. No perks at this point as they have had to cut all costs. No morale, no direction, no leadership.

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