Toxic Hierarchical Politics, Especially HR - Anonymous employee Sephora Employee Review

1.0
Jul 31, 2021
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Good benefits (pre covid) Employee discount, Health and Wellbeing cash subsidy - Good relocation package and above market rate salary - Strong brand, many great products to try - Central location of office

Cons

- Some directors are abusive and openly harass their employees verbally. Worse is HR take their side and turn a blind eye. Seems to be very common in many teams. - Some directors seem unqualified for technical roles, absolutely know nothing and lead the team blindly but take all the credits, analysts work their butts off for them , do their job in the mean time, make them look good then get passed up for promotion because their boss is afraid that they will get replaced. Many bad hires were taken just to fill turnover. - No work life balance even if you insist. Requests come late at night and weekends. You’re expected to work everyday of the week. - Very very high turnover. People leave every other week. Will not recommend

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