Not Good - Design Pendleton Woolen Mills Employee Review

Corporate office is located in the most dangerous area of Portland. Homeless camps all around the building, expect to walk by human excrement and needles. Building is in horrible condition, not a safe place to work. Company does not match 401K contributions, most of the time they never contribute anything at all. Some years I have never seen a pay raise because I have been told the company is not doing well. Pay is very low, very difficult to advance to be promoted. No diversity in this company, mostly white females work here. Owners are all white male. A lot of dysfunction, argumentative, and hostile work environment. Company will not share an employee organizational chart with employees. Human Resources only support the owners, if you speak up about experiencing racist or sexist comments from a senior manager, don't expect anything to change. Owners of the company try to micromanage the designs, they second guess the designer's expertise and they allow the catalog department (which is still targeted towards an older lady customer) to completely change the products last minute. Expect the owners of the company to attend design meetings and demand that we change the colors or patterns and belittle and berate the designers, then are argumentative when things take too long to complete. Job functions over lap and employees do more than what their job functions require because this is a small company. Don't expect to be compensated for doing extra work, you will not be rewarded. Managers take credit for employee's ideas and work. Don't be fooled by free merchandise, free alcohol, or corporate paid trips. This company will not pay you more. Most managers are inexperienced and put on a pedestal, they can do no wrong according to the owners, which allows managers to behave in ways that are unethical and hostile.