DO NOT WORK HERE. - Anonymous employee Joybird Employee Review

In all seriousness, working here was the worst experience I've had in my career. The "execs" have no communication skills are scattered between two countries and seem to be running on four separate agendas. The people running this company are incredibly arrogant and drunk off of their own image. As stated in another review, they like to fancy themselves as some cutting edge tech company -- the reality however is that this place is run by a mediocre UI/UX wannabe whose only focus is on "web technology" but has NO CLUE how to translate that into a sustainable, A-list business model. They like to think they have some sort of lofty ethos, but the reality is that none of the principals know what they're doing. The brand basically steals designs from all the major players (west elm, etc..) and then gives them a new name. The flow of cease and desist letters to the office is constant. OR, they buy a bunch of cheap crap products from China and slap it on the website. Job security is non existent. Since they can't keep a cohesive business plan together, their "grasping at straws" approach to doing business means that they run through talent like paper towels. They hire you and once they've decided to move on to some new, misguided business tack -- they drop you. When they fire you, they basically lie to your face about the reason (there is none since its about THEM making "business decisions" that they can't own up to honestly -- and less about you or your performance -- even though they love to make it seem like everyone in the world falls short of their eternal brilliance) and will go so far as to slander you to your former colleagues once the ax drops. These people are the lowest of the low. They get you to buy in to their BS by hiring you and then seem to take perverse pleasure in doing people in. Garbage. Most disturbing is the complete lack of professionalism in the office. There are inappropriate romantic relationships between certain management and suboordinates. Literal harassers in the office that are ignored. The HR dept. is MAYBE 6 months old. Its a mess. a MESS. The favoritism in that office is so thick you can slice it with a spoon. They talk all this talk about creating a culture -- but -- the culture they have created is one of lecherous favoritism and less about being truly interested in growing the people that they have working for them. There's absolutely no transparency here. And lastly as stated in the other review --The majority of the positive reviews here came from being PRESSURED to add them so that the true nature of their "business" would be obscured on Glassdoor. If you are a driven, self respecting, friendly and fair minded professional that has goals and is on a career trajectory -- DO NOT EVEN BOTHER WITH THIS PLACE. YOU WILL BE MAKING A GRAVE MISTAKE AND TAKING MASSIVE STEPS BACKWARD. You've been warned.