Outerstuff Reviews

2.6

28% would recommend to a friend

(69 total reviews)

26% positive business outlook

Outerstuff has an employee rating of 2.6 out of 5 stars, based on 69 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Outerstuff employee rating is 25% below average for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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1.0
24 Oct 2018

Toxic

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

You are left to figure things out often, so you will learn a lot- IF you put in the effort

Cons

This work environment is absolutely dismal and TOXIC. Employee categories are basically the following: 1. Great hard working employees who are miserable because they are under-appreciated and definitely under-compensated 2. People who are lazy, slow to understand processes, and people who can't be bothered to work efficiently or correctly 3. New onboards who are not properly trained yet walk around with huge egos. They are unteachable and refuse to show ownership for their job responsibilities It is amazing that people could work here for over 6 months and still not comprehend the scope of their job ppl OR how to properly do their jobs. Even worse is there are people who have been there for over 5 years and seem to do absolutely nothing. Their team members are expected to pitch in during their "busy season" while they spend their days on personal phone calls and leave early. Upper management is non-existent. They make a lot of noise trying to show that the company is becoming a more professional and corporate environment, but these are all just a lot of smoke and mirrors. They put into place a "creed" of sorts to encourage their employees to share concerns, insights, and suggestions. When employees do voice concerns, they are personally attacked very unprofessionally and it is held against them. It is not a productive or positive environment which eventually breaks everyone's spirits. Workflow here is archaic. Whenever a decision needs to be made, there will be at least 5 meetings- each of which will yield no resolution. At the end of the day, it may take weeks before simple decisions can be in place. Beyond that, there is definitely preferential treatment for a specific religious group with special allowance for early dismissals and holidays off which are not counted against accumulated PTO balance. These are offered to those who practice as well as those who "pretend" to practice. The overall environment is ridiculous. Between the mini geyser of sewage spewing up in the kitchen sink, to the disgusting conditions of the fridge and bathrooms it is evident that the people who work here no longer respect the space, or just don't care enough to even bother. People dress like they are going clubbing, whether it is age appropriate is a whole other level of discomfort, but it definitely is not workplace appropriate attire. It is a great casual dress code, but bandage dresses/microskirts/crop tops definitely crossing the line by a mile. People management is non-existent. People are rude, unprofessional, and at times physical yet there is no order or control.

1.0
11 July 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

1. If your cheap and over qualified, you'll get hired! 2. You may make up your time as long as you work 40 hours within the week you came in late or left early. 3. Great for recent grads, stay for 1 year experience and then run, run run! 4. They tell you the truth when they say "you are replaceable".

Cons

1. Hire-ups want a seamless work flow but use old standards of thinking and technology which in turn use up company time which then turns into you working late, not to mention all the wasteful resource that is being consume on a daily base such as paper, ink and your weekend time. 2. You will probably be 10 to 20k underpaid if you come from another company and have been in the industry for 7+ years. 3.The company has merged with investment company which leave little interest for your professional PATHETIC salary growth. 4. No maternity leave in an industry that employees many women, something to ponder about.....sigh 5. If you are the very few that due leave for maternity leave, depending who you're manager is, you may work from home and get paid your normal salary...shhh don't tell this to everyone. One again selective few, but according to HR everyone has the same standards. 6. The 19th floor seems to have it the worse, you have 2 bathroom stalls for 25-30 women, the bathroom always stinks since the ventilation never seems to be working. The men on the other hand have 2 urinals and 3 bathroom stalls. The catch to this is that there is an additional bathroom by the entrance that certain individual use, once again only managers and if you're close to the manager you may use it too. One again selective few, but according to HR everyone has the same standards. 7. The kitchen sink, yea the one you use to wash your dishes backs up dirty sewage water every 20 minutes from the top and bottom of the sink, where in return leaves this sewage stench smell for everyone to enjoy during lunch hours and every hour you walk into the kitchen. 8. If the microwaves breaks, please note you will be spending money to go out and eat since the microwaves won't be replaced for at least 4 to 6 months. During this time try to eat as much as you can before you leave your house. 9. The AC is usually down during the summer and the office room temperature usually reaches high 80's, talk about working in a sweatshop. 10. You are salary but must meet the quota 40 hours, wait...does that mean I'm hourly. The grey line is very grey in this company. 11. You won't get a raise unless you ask for one and this comes with self evaluation papers. Your manager may also ask for your raise every year while other departments may not get a raise at all. Some people get raises every year and other don't,even if you'd worked late for an entire year, don't believe the hype when they say it will look good in your review.The raise situation is very flaky in this company. 12. The work WILL get boring very quickly due to the repetitive work flow. 13. Healthcare coverage will run you close to $200.00 per week for family and about $100.00 per single person. Dental is extra. 14. This industry is getting very pathetic by the minute, the majority of the work for this company goes to India and at one point they started giving thought on having India design graphics for them but every time they tried, the graphics they received back wasn't up to design standard, so it didn't work out.

1.0
21 Jan 2016

OUTER-HELL

Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Being a sports company, you get tickets to all the major league New York sporting events. Wait.... that's not true. There are zero perks while working here.

Cons

If you are looking for a design position here, run for the door. Do not apply or accept a design position here! First of all, they do not look for actual designers here. They hire the lowest bidder. You may be the perfect candidate for hire, but if you are going against someone who is willing to work for peanuts and thinks that Adobe is a house made of mud. They're going with Mr. Peanut. Don't waste you're time applying here. You can find something better, and won't hurt you as a designer.

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