Glossier Reviews

Working at Glossier has many great perks, but there are also many drawbacks. Emily's vision is quite inspiring, the community of consumers is amazing, and the brand voice is powerful, but at the center of it is an extremely toxic workplace. Mid-senior level management is for the most part incompetent and there are many teams who fuel on negativity. Gossip and putting others down is the norm, teams speak negatively of the founder's ideas and leadership, and people constantly speak over each other in meetings. Creative, Brand, and Marketing teams are mostly toxic. Best to be an Instagram influencer, ego-driven, a model, come from an even more toxic workplace, already have friends on the team, or enter at a high-level position if you are considering joining. Collaboration with most of these individuals is difficult as most of them seem to be quite un-happy. You will not always encounter friendly faces walking down the hallways or sitting across from you in conference rooms. The cliques are unfortunately very real. Managers are often experienced in their field but unexperienced in how to manage others. Many have way too many direct reports and cannot provide enough support to their teams. There is a problematic lack of trust amongst employees resulting in information silos, selective sharing, confusing overlap of responsibilities, and general inefficiency. Communication is messy as the company is just starting to learn how to properly share information internally. Very Slack heavy culture, which adds to the mess, and most people overly use Slack as a distraction during meetings. The wifi is abominable.

If you enjoy hierarchy and fear. Come here. I actually think this starts from the top. Literally one person resigns every week. And I personally know at least 4 more who will leave within the next month. The ethos of fast moving startups that last forever are transparency, meritocracy, candidness. None of these exist here. Do yourself a favor, and do not apply here.