Carter's reviews

If you’re looking to find a job designing, this is not it. Upper management dictates every creative decision. There’s no creative concept to speak of in order to do your hired job. Creative direction from upper management gives you whiplash from season to season. Work is redone multiple times as it goes through the various opinions, none of which belong to the designer actually designing it, leaving you very little time to meet deadlines (your fault if you don’t meet them, of course). If you are looking for a job that lets you be creative and have autonomy, this is NOT it! It is also a toxic workplace culture with a lot of unresolved egos of upper management butting heads with each other. If you can separate your own need for fulfillment from this job, it can actually become entertaining to watch the drama unfold. Promotions are unattainable. You will be gaslighted into thinking you’re only a step away from being promoted, yet there always seems to be one thing that’s not completely perfect. Growth is stagnant. The only way to get more money is to hop categories and that becomes a problem because you are treated as entry level every time you switch teams. Fitting is outsourced! Fabric and trim sourcing is an absolute joke. Submit and color approval are both outsourced. You will lose valuable skills as a designer working here.

Negatives include an abrupt and unsympathetic mandate to return to the office with minimal notice, while disregarding the well-being of employees. The risk of being pressured to resign if a member of leadership takes a disliking to you. The possibility of being denied an exit package due to unprofessional management, as well as witnessing substantial corruption behind the scenes. The company prioritizes financial gains that benefit only the top 1%, and if budget goals are not met, the burden falls on hardworking lower-level employees. For individuals with bright post-college aspirations, this environment may crush their dreams instead of nurturing them.