Herd Mentality - Anonymous employee Trend Hunter Employee Review

1.0
30 May 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Easy work - 8:30-5 hours and no longer - Free alcohol in house - No prior experience needed

Cons

- Fabricated or make-believe job titles (C Level executives at age 27) - Content farm workplace (volume driven) - All employees are simply extensions of CEOs decisions and gut feeling (little to no critical thinking involved) - Company culture is to never challenge the status quo - the result is a herd mentality - any criticism or feedback usually results in a warning down the line or termination of your job - Remotely zero transferrable skills to another job - the result is most employees are here for 7+ years or forever - or extremely high turnover for everyone else that realizes this sooner

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Trend Hunter Response
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I'm sorry you did not feel properly challenged. As a note, a very small proportion of our roles are related to content, so our company is perhaps different than when you were here. We also have an average c-level age of 35 and we love our status quo to be challenged. There has not been a job termination for a full time employee in a couple years. Our turnover rate for employees who last 1 year is 5%, which is much lower than the Toronto average, particularly for a young work culture.

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5.0
29 Mar 2014
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Pros

+ Culture - The company has a cohesive culture with lots of perks, including weekly (free) beer parties, monthly "fun day" adventures, and lunches together. + Training - I refined my skills at Trend Hunter through the training program and ongoing coaching. + People - I am still friends today with the people who were part of the same internship long ago. Also, many people come back for the weekly beer parties. + Office - The office is a hip urban loft in Toronto's fashion district (Queen and Spadina) + The WORK! - Trend Hunter is all about the cutting edge, which means you get to write about art, design, pop culture, fashion... and even cat videos. + Start-Up Culture - It was really fun to be part of a start-up, working with young people in a collaborative place. Much different than the old-school corporate places I worked before.

Cons

I really liked it, so I don't have cons.

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4.0
23 May 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

nice and extensive balanced work life

Cons

the updation is a necessary

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