Spin Master reviews

3.4

56% would recommend to a friend

(525 total reviews)

Christina Miller

62% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

Spin Master has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 525 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Spin Master employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufatura industry (3.5 stars).

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525 reviews
1.0
Nov 15, 2020
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

-Decent Benefit -Most people are nice and talented but downside is also unqualified, lazy people

Cons

-Insecure executive micro manages design and don't trust designers so you're essentially a hand with no brain and they don't value your experience, constantly making you change your design until you have no time to develop the product. You will be working yourself to death trying to catch up to deadlines. "Spin Master" is an appropriate name for this company cause you will be spinning in circles constantly. -Poor marketing plans with over projection of sales will kill all your good designs only allowing 1 season of toys on shelf but they will blame design instead of changing bad process & decisions. This happens over and over and over...they never learn. -A boys club surrounded by ‘yes’ managers, incompetent directors, abusive VP's who don't know how to help people grow or appreciate you. They will work you until you're bone dry, be prepared to do work of at least 3-5 people. -Very political and corporate since becoming public. Think Mattel but not set up as well as Mattel with less benefits. -Management don't care or understand how to motivate, lead and help people grow and in some instances downright abusive, making numerous designers leave on their own cause the environment is soooo toxic ("MS"). -Constant reorg cause they don't know what they're doing while constantly implementing bad systems/processes which doesn't improve unrealistic time lines or fix delays created by bad upper management demands. -Too many meetings and recap meeting to figure out what the previous meeting conclusion is. -Some unqualified and lazy employees

2.0
Nov 13, 2020
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Fun environment working with toys

Cons

People are not treated right. Very low salary, crazy hours, no human side

4.0
Nov 12, 2020
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

- Innovative - The company is lots of fun while you get to learn a ton by working on different projects - Great benefits and perks - Friendly and driven employees - No micromanagement, they let you be independent, bring ideas to the table and make your own decisions - Work/life balance

Cons

Spin Master could be a place that is not for everyone, this doesn't mean its a bad place to work. It is actually great for a lot of driven individuals who are looking for growth, innovation and projects. I was a little hesitant when reading some negative reviews and joining Spin Master but realized every individual's outlook to an experience is different. From my experience, as long as you have the drive and are a self starter who doesn't require micro management, this will be an amazing company for you. I am glad that I went with my own decision and not let it be affected by the reviews because I am very fond of the company!

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