Run. Far away. Then run again, but further. - Anonymous employee Specialty Commerce Employee Review

1.0
7 Aug 2020
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Your coworkers are nice to commiserate with. That’s about it. Those positive reviews were definitely coached.

Cons

Everything. I was embarrassed to tell people I work here. It’s stuck in 1992. I left crying multiple times, and watched multiple coworkers cry at their desks. Senior management are gaslighting, condescending, micromanaging, power-hungry dictators that can’t stand each other and their employees, and have no idea what they’re doing. “Do as I say. Why are you doing that? I didn’t tell you to do that. Oh, *THEY* told you to do that? UGH, they’re the WORST.” - basically every day from YOUR BOSSES! Don’t expect to learn ANYTHING - you’ll just get yelled at for being wrong or not understanding. And don’t expect them to learn from you if you understand something that they don’t. You’ll just get yelled at and spoken over while explaining. Every day is literally a new yelling match, eggshell-walk, and a firefight here. And there is ALWAYS a fire to put out. Hours are micromanaged, but SM can do whatever they want, of course. “Summer hours” (leave at 1 on Fridays June-Aug) was promised at hiring, but “summer hours” actually meant you have the *privilege* to come in an hour early every day and “work through lunch” to leave early on Friday. Such a privilege. You and your job here just do not matter. Couldn’t get out fast enough.

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5.0
14 Aug 2025
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I loved working at Specialty Commerce. All of the management are kind and caring people.

Cons

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1.0
1 Apr 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

My coworkers that became family

Cons

I gave over 10 years to this company, and for most of that time I genuinely loved what I did. The people were smart, hardworking, and we built something that actually mattered. Then came the last CEO and that’s when everything went off a cliff. He had no real understanding of the business, no product sense, and no vision. The only thing he seemed confident in was playing with numbers and pretending that was leadership. Running a company into the ground while acting like the “big bad CEO” isn’t leadership it’s incompetence. He surrounded himself with the wrong people, listened to the wrong voices, and let completely unqualified decisions drive the business. Meanwhile, the owner was pulling money out for personal use while the foundation was already cracking. And who paid for it? The employees. People who gave 20, 30+ years of their lives were the ones shown the door because of a handful of bad decisions at the top. What made it worse was the lack of accountability. Instead of owning the mess, he had the nerve to call people out when they were rightfully upset. Reality check: this didn’t just “happen.” This was a direct result of poor leadership, bad judgment, and ego. It didn’t have to end this way. Under the right leadership or even just involving the people who actually understood the business it could have been a completely different story. I’ll always respect the people I worked with. They deserved better.

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