Just Funky Reviews

3.5

57% would recommend to a friend

(81 total reviews)

Raj Arora & Shivani Arora

65% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

Just Funky has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 81 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Just Funky employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail and wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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81 reviews
1.0
18 Dec 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

There is literally no benefit to working for Raj Arora. your coworkers might be nice but it's only because you all share the same hell.

Cons

As a designer you will be blamed for everything. The only thing you can expect is for Raj — the CEO — to move the goal posts in an argument and he will occasionally throw a tantrum shouting, "DO YOU KNOW WHY I SIT IN THE BIG CHAIR?!" (the answer is daddy's money.) Pay is not competitive. Benefits are not competitive. The structure of the company is very informal. There is no hierarchy and no room for advancement. There are no senior level employees to learn from as the turn over rate is incredibly high. You will gain very little from this job. It is not a stepping stone towards a better career in graphic design. If anything, it is a step backwards. Deadlines are unrealistic. For example, create 10 concepts each for 5 licenses and have them mocked up and laid out in an item catalog and ready to present your concepts to the client within 2-3 days. Then 2 days later, after working 15 hour shifts (with no over time and no gratitude) get yelled at for not having the CEO's one idea done (that he never bothered sharing with you) and then present to the client. If the client doesn't like something the CEO will belittle you in front of the client and tell you what a dumb idiot you are for including that concept. This sounds like an exaggeration, but it's not. If you want more reviews look up Classic Imports, Raj's previous company.

1.0
8 June 2015

Don't bother..........

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

None that I can think of.

Cons

Only believe the NEGATIVE reviews, the owner had family members and friends write positive reviews, even forced some employees to write positive reviews. Don't waste your time trying to work for this company, in a few months you'll only be here writing a negative review yourself. Find a company where they have some level of respect for their employees.

1.0
11 Dec 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good co-workers in the Columbus office... Good effort for changes within but stifled by mentality of owners. Hate to say owners, because Shivani is ok to work with, but she stands behind Raj (her husband and business partner) even when he terrorizes the company and makes everyone hate their jobs.

Cons

​In this company I have become an expert at thinking very, very quickly on my feet. The unrealistic expectations and demands of all employees, especially designers is insane and it causes this to be a toxic environment to work in every way, every single day. Everyone has to half-ass everything, and even if everyone were to make his or her best effort, it would never be good enough because more work will always be piled on. Even though hiring new designers was supposed to help this work flow but all that did was create the assumption that more work could be added to the load without assisting everyone who was already drowning in their own work. It’s not even remotely possible to design anything with multiple items coming in that are to be “rushed” because someone has over-promised something but it still falls on the designer’s shoulders. Not only does all of this make this job absolutely sickening, but the lack of leadership is the most absurd concept in any company. I have no creative director to go to and the only “fix” to this is for the owner to have his hand in everything. Hire someone that is in the creative field to do that work. Trust your employees for what you hired them for, and let everyone do their jobs without having someone breathe down your neck and micromanage you at all times. Working under a microscope along with the ridiculous deadlines and expectations equate this to a miserable work environment, and I feel bad for all the coworkers I am leaving behind in this mess. Not only is all of this the problem but the lack of respect is the worst I’ve seen. TERRIBLE COMPENSATION AND RELATIVELY NO BENEFITS. I would never recommend this employer to friends or family for that reason alone.

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