Ellsworth Reviews

The issues here go beyond "growing pains". It's a systematic failure from the top down. Ellsworth does a poor job hiring the right people, especially for upper level positions. Any company that has to point out how good the culture is on their website inevitably has a culture problem. Why they want to draw attention to it is beyond me. In reality, Ellsworth has a poor reputation online and lackluster word of mouth from current or former employees. This is for good reason, since loyalty and hard work are not appreciated here. Ellsworth is not proactive in any regard. What you get is knee jerk reactions to incidents or market trends, leaving most employees scrambling to clean up the mess. This creates a very stressful work environment since fires appear all too often. The company is severely lacking in leadership. What's present are too many higher level managers who seem to think that occupying a leadership position automatically makes you a leader. Not so. These "leaders" tend to be overpaid employees who have been promoted above their level of competence. They do not inspire confidence to those working beneath them. Ellsworth prioritizes making money over taking care of their employees. Managers who use bully tactics to motivate their teams are welcomed because they produce results. This leads to 30% employee turnover rate per fiscal year. This is incredibly tragic, not only because so many are mistreated, but because it slows the business down having to rehire and train new team members so frequently. Apparently the owners don't feel their employees are their biggest asset. Professional development opportunities are extremely limited for those who don’t wear a manager hat. Even internal training events for the software used or processes were absent. Why?? There is a severe lack in transparency and openness when and how decisions are made. Don't bother questioning the new decision, even with good intentions, or you will be labeled a "difficult" employee. An ambiguous and convenient term slimy managers use to show they aren't in control over you, and your free thinking nature is threatening their authority.

Newer employees can't get traction in the company - HR gives you the impression of an all-inclusive culture, when in reality, is it's a mom and pop business, rife with favoritism and nepotism. The family tries to run the company remotely seven months out of the year from Arizona - a total fail because the rest of management breathes a sigh of relief once they're gone and then try to run things their way. When the owners come back, it's screaming and do-overs for everyone and managers all revert to being Yes Men. Employees who retire are brought back as "consultants," while their (former) positions remain open for months, if not years. There are very small cliques within the company that have aversions to new employees. Good, quality employees jump ship early, or are let go for "budgetary" reasons. The company tries to stay in growth mode by acquisitions; this results in culture clashes and terminations, leaving Ellsworth employees to (unsuccessfully) clean up messes from the acquisitions, resulting in more screaming from management. The company puts on the facade of a growing global organization that, in reality, is nothing more than a family business that's subject to the often-misdirected whims of the owners.