Fun environment and competitive pay, but high turnover - Director Unleashed Brands Employee Review

Friendly staff, supportive atmosphere, creative environment

My commute is long, more than 25 miles each way.

A few talented employees who genuinely care and do their best despite the environment.

This was easily the most frustrating, disappointing, toxic and dysfunctional organizations I have worked for in my career. The expectations placed on employees were completely unrealistic. Leadership regularly demanded significant growth and results while failing to provide the resources, staffing, budget, or organizational structure necessary to achieve those goals. When goals were missed, the response was often to look for someone to blame rather than address the underlying issues. Management was inconsistent, reactive, and frequently disconnected from the day-to-day realities of the business. Priorities changed constantly, projects were started and abandoned, and employees were expected to pivot repeatedly without clear direction. There was little accountability at the leadership and c-suite level, yet employees were held to impossible standards. The culture was equally disappointing. Instead of collaboration and teamwork, there was a strong undercurrent of office politics, gossip, and self-preservation. Some coworkers appeared more focused on protecting themselves, creating drama, or undermining others than actually working together toward shared goals. Employees who raised concerns or challenged decisions often felt punished, ignored, or treated differently afterward. As a Marketing Director, I was frequently expected to fix problems that originated in other departments. Marketing became the scapegoat for issues that were far outside its control. Successes were often overlooked, while failures—regardless of the actual cause—were quickly assigned to whoever was most convenient to blame. Communication from leadership was extremely poor. Expectations were rarely clear, feedback was inconsistent, and decisions were often made without input from the people responsible for executing them. The result was confusion, frustration, and constant fire-drills. Employee morale suffered because of the lack of trust throughout the organization. Turnover was high, burnout was common, and many talented employees eventually left. The environment often felt less like a professional workplace and more like a political game where relationships mattered more than performance. There are good people throughout the company, but good employees can only overcome so much. Without significant changes to leadership, accountability, communication, and culture, I would not recommend working here. Poor management, unrealistic expectations, blame culture, office politics, vindictive behavior, constant turnover, lack of accountability, poor communication, and employee burnout.