Don't waste your time - Anonymous employee Skinnydip Employee Review

Avoid this place like the plague if you have any industry experience and want to be valued by your employers and learn anything. 95% of the people running SkinnyDip have zero experience and therefore have not a clue what they’re doing. It’s laughable that the heads of departments have never worked anywhere else and are only in their positions as the longest standing employees not because of any actual knowledge or skills. Majority of managers are rude and certain ones lack any people skills or managerial skills whatsoever and act like they are above everyone else there. Short sighted and condescending rude directors (2 out of 3) who watch your every move and treat you like children with set lunch times and doing a headcount of the office at 9am to make sure you’re not late. They will shoot down any of your ideas and believe that they are always right. They have attempted to improve with more frequent family gatherings and finally allowing people to eat breakfast past 9, but on the whole the directors will not change and will only listen to select people’s advice. You will be expected to work late to prove your dedication to the job because if you’re leaving on time you either aren’t busy enough or don’t care enough about the job. The directors are mostly oblivious to any hard work you put in and will always expect more yet won’t give you any sort of recognition/pay rise. At one point last year when teams were unhappy we were effectively told to change our outlook or leave, there was no willingness from the directors to find out what our issues were or look at how they could help us. Warehouse staff are massively undervalued and treated horribly by the directors, who expect them to stay late/come in early if they give last minute orders and should really be treated with more respect. Overall it’s a toxic workplace that takes advantage of their brand image and hires graduates that they can pay low wages and overwork. Only worth your while if you're brand new to the industry and want to learn how not to run a business.