Office Manager/HR manager - Office Manager Toy State Employee Review

At Toy State I’m surrounded by professionals who are the best in their fields. Marketing, brand managers, graphic designers and sales-all great people and great at what they do. Small company with leadership that cares about office culture and work life balance. It’s a toy company-it’s work and it’s fun.

There aren’t any. Issues mentioned in other reviews are in the past and the company has taken measures to improve on them.

Free toys Some nice people working there, and I guess the oppressive, nasty enviroment builds a sort of camaraderie... Once in a while, you get a free lunch. Free... office supplies?

Mediocre salary Management is crazy cheap-- not even free coffee Flying coach to Hong Kong several times a year and then sharing a tiny room with another employee for a week Office is old, gross and overcrowded- the conference table is several dirty plastic folding tables shoved together Lots of abusive tantrums and foul language Lots of firings (see above) WAY too much drama (again, see above) Parking lot too small and prone to fender benders You must ask two weeks in advance in writing to use your vacation time. VERY bad communication within the US office and with the HK office and with the factory in China. No, really. Horribly bad communication. You will waste many hours, days, even weeks of your time because senior management could not spare 30 seconds to give you clear direction. You will be scolded for asking for clear direction You have to fight and beg to get the basic tools to do your job. Little or no room for advancement, unless you are in the HK office Company has lofty goals but little insight, skill or courage to achieve them.