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Kate Somerville

Part of Unilever

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Stay Away - Anonymous employee Kate Somerville Employee Review

1.0
13 Jun 2015
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Pros

Good location, in the heart of Beverly Hills.

Cons

Salaries do not match the brand image and corporate location. Considers themselves 'prestige' but pay their employees much lower than market value. If you want to further your career, do not work here. Promotions are given to a select few who like to go directly to the CEO to complain and whine. No employee development whatsoever. Likes to recruit outside talent, but fail to grow their employees who have been at the company for many years. No real perks or benefits than the standard health insurance and 10 vacation days/year. No company lunches EVER and holiday parties stopped after 2013. Hopefully management becomes better in a few years but who knows how long that will take. Also, corporate office is way too small maybe around 40 employees max, which leads to TOO MUCH GOSSIP. Very negative corporate culture and emotionally/mentally exhausting to keep up. The morale in this office is depressing. The employee turnover has been extremely high these past few years, and you know it's bad when upper management starts leaving and fails to be replaced.

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Kate Somerville Response
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Thanks for the feedback. We’re sorry to hear about your experience, and are always looking for ways to improve our company culture. As we’ve doubled in size over the last 4 years, it is incredibly important to us to foster an environment of creativity, open communication, competitive salary and personal development & growth. We also strive to offer employees the best benefits as possible, such as deeply discounted skincare products & treatments at the Kate Somerville Clinic on Melrose Place, opportunities to test new beauty products, summer Fridays and a 401K plan with matching, in addition to great healthcare coverage, paid time off and more.

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