Awful management, terrible CEO, disappointing culture decent salary - Social Media Specialist Swarovski Employee Review

1.0
25 Nov 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Salary is okay - Nice treats every once in a while - Nice gifts for special occasions

Cons

- Management are extremely out of touch with employees and have a sense of entitlement - CEO (Alexis Nasard) has no idea of the issues, problems and opportunities for improvement that workers encounter - Culture has nothing to do with salary or gifts. Culture is about how open a company is to listening to its employees and how much it truly cares about their wellbeing. Swarovski is TERRIBLE at that. As mentioned above, yes, they give the employees nice gifts for Christmas, and some birthdays and other special occasions, but just doing that does not mean it has a great culture. You cannot ask or propose anything because you will be shut down without hesitation. - Upper management don't care about the employees opinion on relevant subjects. They have old-fashioned ideas and they are not open to positive changes. - No flexibility whatsoever either

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Swarovski Response
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Thank you for your review. We want to ensure you that your concerns will be shared with upper management, as this kind of feedback is crucial to the improvement of our company. Equally important to us, is to make each individual employee, from our stores to our corporate offices, feel that they are valued, heard and listened to. And that they belong. We’re sorry you did not experience that. As always, we wish you all the best in your career and private life.

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