SwissWatchExpo Reviews

2.9

47% would recommend to a friend

(9 total reviews)

47% positive business outlook

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9 reviews
1.0
8 May 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- The majority of the team is highly supportive, possibly due to a shared adversary - "the management". - Lunch is included/provided. It is limited to 30 minutes, and leaving the premises is not permitted. - Weekly pay. They pay, but so will you, with your mental health and 9-hour workdays. - Regular company outings are common. Exchange phone numbers with your colleagues as they might not be with the company at the next one. There's a high turnover rate.

Cons

- Extreme micromanagement is enforced, even to the point of monitoring restroom breaks to prevent phone usage. - "The management" will guilt-trip you for taking days off. - Expect to be unwell throughout the year. The company culture encourages working even when sick. - Toxic Environment. "The management" frequently pits employees against each other in conflict. - Avoid sharing personal information with "the management"; anything disclosed may and will be used against you. - No work-life balance. "The management" believes in business first (their business) and family second (your family). -Individual personalities are suppressed; expressing oneself at work is discouraged. Interactions with colleagues may draw disapproving glances from "the management". - Due to the high turnover rate and the prevalence of emotional abuse and a hostile work environment, the majority of the team is experiencing burnout. If you go to an interview, observe the employees; many appear emotionally drained and disengaged, reflecting a sense of being "dead inside." - With only one window, the entry door being glass, it's advisable to start taking Vitamin D supplements from the first day of employment.

1.0
27 Aug 2024

Run the other way

Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

“Free lunch” but made to stay inside.

Cons

Paid salary which is illegal for all of us Mandatory 9-630 and not able to go outside Favoritism to those that say “yes” to the owners even if it’s wrong. Those who work on Saturdays are paid in cash. Is that legal? One guy falls asleep on the job for hours and no one says anything The owner should retire and let people modernize their job Taking PTO is looked badly “Family” environment is their family not yours. Rotating door on people who come in. Lead operations officer doesn’t do anything. No record of time keeping or actual paystubs are given out. Toxic. Everyone is miserable. Don’t be fooled by “high” wages. Working 50+ work weeks is what they expect. Worst health insurance ever offered.

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SwissWatchExpo Response
10mo
This review is so old that I hesitated to respond to it. However, I do want to point out that many of the items that this person complained about that have changed, including: - We still offer free lunch everyday, but people have a choice and if they want to go out instead to run errands, etc. they are free to do so. - All workers are now hourly, we converted to this over a year ago. - Our work hours are indeed from 9am - 6:30 with a one hour lunch break and, as mentioned above, if you want to leave during your lunch break you are free to do so. - No one is paid in cash. I'm not sure where that even comes from, but we have an HR tool (Paylocity) where hours are tracked and that we use to issue payments on a weekly basis. (Yes, we pay people weekly.) Also, this means that we have both records of time keeping and online paystubs. - There is no one who falls asleep on the job for hours. We are high energy, hard working team. - Everyone is given PTO and encouraged to use it. The only time it is discouraged is during the end of year retail blitz (mid-Nov through Christmas), which is very normal for a retailer. This is our Super Bowl and we really need everyone on-hand to help us meet all of our customer demands at this time. - I don't know about a "lead operations officer" who doesn't do anything. We recently promoted one of the members of our operations team to be our Operations Manager and he is exceptionally hard working. - Our regular work week is 42.5 hours. That means everyone works 2.5 hours of overtime each week (and they are paid overtime wages for this). There are a few people that will work more hours, but if they do so, they are paid overtime hours for this. - Our health insurance is actually very good. Insurance in general is tough these days (you really need to advocate for yourself to get the care you need, especially when it comes to prescriptions) but I know many people on the team with very high health requirements that are well served under our plan. And note that the company heavily subsidizes the insurance so that it is only ~$16.50 each week for the employee to get Medical, Dental and Vision coverage.
1.0
13 Apr 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

-Products the company sells -Coworkers -Weekly pay -Lunch provided -Location -Company outings (only time you can talk to other employees)

Cons

-Cannot leave building for lunch -Long hours -Micromanagement -Toxic environment -No career advancement -Stressful environment -No boundaries (info shared will be used against you in 1:1 meetings) -Cannot look at phone at work (I missed a family emergency because of this)

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