Fiskars Group Reviews

In a recent "All Hands Call" the Chief People Officer replied to a question about Glassdoor score going down: "Yes, the Glassdoor scores are 'fluctuating' I would say (laughter). People usually give reviews on Glassdoor, when they quit their jobs. I would encourage everyone who works for us and actually likes to work here to go in and give your scores. That would help a lot." I would say this is an excellent example of the lack of leadership skills in our management team and speaks loudly to the culture. All senior leaders present in the call and nobody added anything (including CEO). Inspired by her wishes, here is my score. Constant restructuring. Lack of leaders/leadership. Unrealistic goals. New plans/slides but never real action on those. Talks about values and "growth code" (behaviours/actions expected from the employees) but those are empty words in the everyday. No channel strategy so constant confict between own channels and retailers. Very short-sighted decisions to hit this quarter's numbers on the expense of the next quearter/year and this is justified by saying "there is no long-term without the short-term" My advice is to avoid this place. I will also leave as soon as I get something else!

Middle to upper management is so concerned with being let go that they micromanage everything. There is almost no hope of advancing unless one of the leadership team really likes you, but middle management makes sure you get almost no face-time with any of the upper management. Management says they want to improve and have an open door policy, however, in practice this is not the case.