Madison 88 Reviews

On the brink of illegal working conditions. There's no working fridge, coffee machine, clean table area to prep lunch etc… none of the basics. Sometimes there wasn’t even running water or working toilets. 1 of the office rooms has 9+ adults with 0 windows. Office is open environment with people piled on top of each other. NO personal work space whatsoever. Freight elevator opens directly to office rooms, so employees are constantly disrupted by loud noises, packaging tasks, and strangers entering. No adequate air flow system in the office- Owner penny pinches by not turning on a/c, leaving some employees to get so hot they’re sweating at their desks unless they’ve purchased personal fans or cooling system. So on top of having being piled on top of each other and claustrophobic, you are either hot as hell or freezing. No adequate sample storage system whatsoever. Samples are kept in large clothing containers stacked on top of each other, shoved in a back room. Looking for/getting anything is hopeless. Office supplies are reused to an embarrassing extent. If you need a binder, folders, and pens, brace yourself to be handed items from years ago that half-work since they’ve had multiple owners prior to you. Employees have no office phones. So are often forced to use personal cell phones for business use. 1 of the owners told me "in tough times..." they "keep in mind the people with kids/families." I immediately felt uncomfortable and asked directly if being a single woman put me at a higher risk of termination (which is against the law). She responded with “that’s a good question…” then neglected to answer and started talking about the company’s current business status. It was beyond inappropriate, unlawful, and shows their entire lack of professionalism of which they’re oblivious to. It doesn't take much to know that a statement like that can be sued over. Employees are judgmental & cliquey but Above all- the owners have created all of this and are the culprit problem. They literally scream at their employees and overseas partners it’s—appallingly unprofessional. They get unnecessarily angry and accusatory towards their own team, over things that can be easily solved/fixed. Lots of finger pointing and backstabbing. Toxic work environment.

I was at Madison 88 for a year and 3 months before they let me go. I was promised alot of opportunity and growth but ended up in a dead end position. I ended up doing alot intern work and that was frusturating for someone who had industry experience had more talents and skills to utilize. As any young professional, you want to put in your best effort and hope at the end you got something out of it, and to be honest, I don't feel like I learn anything here. They really should just hire more interns instead of wasting graduated professionals time with dirty work. They are a multi billion dollar company and are very cheap and also do not treat some of their employees nicely. There are some nice people there don't get me wrong but upper management could care less about your well being or if a family relative passed away. You should save yourself and look for another position with a better company.