Slumberkins Reviews

The company mission is positive, but unfortunately, the founders have lost sight of their reason for being. I think they started out for the right reasons, but they have let it all go to their heads. They are egotistical, stubborn, and arrogant and unwilling to engage with their staff, who actually know what they are doing and could really help to improve things, if they were empowered to do so. Managers don’t have any autonomy and the founders are involved at the micro level….they don’t know how to cascade their vision so that managers can make decisions. It’s kind of sad. This could be a great place otherwise. No processes and always changing direction makes for chaotic days. Too many meetings where nothing is accomplished. Recently almost half the staff was let go without regard or care—totally opposite to the company’s commitment of social-emotional wellness.

In July of 2022 they unexpectedly laid off what felt like half the company without notice or conversation. This was unfortunate as it left those of us laid off abruptly without a plan to grab our files for our portfolio for future employment. For a wellness company, it did not feel like it was handled gracefully and with care. I was warned during the hiring process that “Slumberkins is a start-up” and I should have understood at that moment that it meant that a mass layoff was possible. The office was in downtown Vancouver WA with limited parking. During the hiring process, applicants are asked to do two personality tests: PRINT and Kolbe. These scores, they say, aren’t used against you but will constantly come up in meetings in regards to your working style and what you’re capable of doing and not doing. There were times when I wondered if I was working for or in a cult. At least it was a friendly cult.