A constant struggle - Anonymous employee Scoutmob Employee Review

2.0
8 June 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Casual Dress including visible tattoos and colored hair. Free snacks, catered lunches, awesome coffee, gifts from artists, and free activities around town. Awesome location near tons of restaurants for lunch. Dogs in the office. Flexible Vacation and the ability to work from home.

Cons

No opportunity to try new things. I asked constantly to do the social media for Shoppe (thought I'd be great at it since I've been working in the Shoppe side since I was an intern) but kept hearing "maybe later" "shoppe isn't ready" "no" only to see that someone who hasn't been there as long was now in charge of it. And even if you're in charge of a project, someone else is going to come in and take control only to phase you out. You really had to fight to be included on projects, even if they were your own. No room to move up. Ever. Whatever role you were put in, that was it. Favoritism. If you didn't "fit in" with the kind of brand they were trying to portray, life was hard. God forbid you like anything mainstream. The office was ridiculously clique-y. Layoff and departures weren't handled well. Laying off 1/2 the company at once is a surefire way for people to plan their next career move. If someone was leaving, they usually had to keep it hush-hush so it wouldn't worry the rest of the office. No structure for interns...we/they are kind of just thrown in there and sometimes given useless projects. I would advise interns to not even bother applying at this point.

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Pros

hip office and team members

Cons

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2.0
20 Oct 2021
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Recommend
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Pros

There are some amazing people I worked with during my time here I still keep in contact with. These people became my friends and network which landed me the position I am in today. If they did one thing well, they hired some decent people. Cool space, snacks in the kitchen, fun office events. The Halloween party was cool. Curatied some great vendors for Shoppe.

Cons

It's amazing that both the founders left after the big layoffs. One continues to "help" start-ups and has said at a talk "he likes to help begin journies, not end them". It is amazing now that this person runs a very trendy, waitlisted "rent a desk" space a la WeWork while offering "consultation". Very clique-heavy space. Oh, you shop at Madewell? Instantly ostracized. There was a hierarchy of who was at the top and who was not. If you were not, you sadly were more likely to be affected by the layoffs. No clear direction of work, just entering in images and text, emailing makers for Shoppe, and having many pointless meetings. Yes, there was "flexible" PTO but you had to be on call no matter what. It was impossible to get a full week off with no work. On top of that, the majority of us supplied our own laptops and accessories.

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