Jeunesse reviews

Where to start with the Cons. I don’t think there is enough space to list them all. We can start with the toxic environment perpetuated throughout very specific teams that just happened to be under the purview of family members to the owner. The amount of backstabbing that is encouraged in order to move up in the customer service and research department is straight out of a soap opera. These Upper management individuals pick their favorites and isolate the others and only promote those who constantly brown nose. And what is worse is that HR has been made aware in multiple occasions, including exit interviews and they refuse to fix the issues because these managers are directly related to the owners. It’s not like this in every department. If you’re lucky to start in one of these, you may have the chance to move to other areas where there is less nepotism and more encouragement for growth. It’s obvious that HR tried hard to change the culture and push for positive change but nothing will happen until the two upper managers responsible for this toxicity are given less power and allowed to make so many decisions. Also, they’re constantly reminding the employees, their families, the whole world and anyone who will listen, just how successful the company is. Eight billion cumulative in sales world wide but they can barely muster the thought to give their employees bonuses. Unless you are above a senior director, forget about a bonus. Forget about getting anything other than a catered lunch. And sometimes they don’t even order enough food for everyone. They overwork you and don’t pay industry standard wages. Not to mention the layoffs a year ago, the lays offs this last week but they still want to try to save face and continue to push the narrative that everything will be okay but everyone knows it’s not. You lay off 20% of your force and you’re still peddling lies. Just stop. I’d also like to address the comment left in one of the reviews by HR stating that they do not solicit positive reviews from employees. That is a bold face lie. I was present when HR gathered everyone in the third floor (CS and research) and asked us to leave a positive review on Glassdoor so that the ratings would be better. Of course new employees are going to feel pressured to do so. They’ve just landed a job and would like to do everything in their power to keep it.

Too many to list, let me start with the most frustrating: 1. Nepotism and Favoritism: you will not advance here until you have worked with the owners for >10 years or your related. They have friends and family members in Sr positions so you wont advance unless you out last them. Almost without exception, these people are incompetent in their role and lack real work experience. The owners admit this but wont make any changes because of the relationships. The one exception to this is the owners son, he shows real promise and is open to change and improvement. These other relationships make it a very political environment. One owner even talks bad about the other owners and employees and creates big loyalty issues. 2. Micro-Management: See #1 above, if you don't have the relationship you are not trusted to do your job. Even in Sr positions you have no spending or decision making authority. The owners make all decisions, even to the smallest details. 3. Poor pay and benefits: They are not at market rates and the benefits are horrible. Most of the hourly employees pay half their check for medical insurance. Your not supposed to discuss pay but everyone knows the family/friends make far more than everyone else. The sales revenue more than doubled last years numbers and I got a tiny raise, most people weren't as lucky. 4. Politics: If you want to be successful here, check your brain at the door and just do as your told. Asking questions or trying to build and improve things will get you fired, or worse, isolated and marginalized. The culture is about doing your job and having the owners do all the thinking and decision making. Almost no one else is empowered to make decisions. There is a lots of blaming others and CYA in this company. The relatives can't be touched and their the most incompetent, you'll likely get fired if you point out their lack of skills. 5. Environment: Beside the above. The office is horrible, everyone is packed in and their is no privacy or even room to breathe. Most rooms have no natural light and it is suffocating. This is the Florida office, I heard the Utah is a much better physical environment though most of the above still applies.