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Columbia Sportswear

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Columbia Sportswear reviews

3.7

66% would recommend to a friend

(1,322 total reviews)
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Tim Boyle

68% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

Columbia Sportswear has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 1,322 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Columbia Sportswear employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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1K reviews
2.0
Nov 24, 2022

Leadership Failure

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Pros

Our team is tight knit, efficient and highly productive

Cons

Columbia brand leadership is directly responsible for the reduction of headcount through lack of backfilling vacated roles and economic related staffing reductions. This lack of support leads to low morale, lack of work-life balance, cross-functional team attrition - yet a better balance sheet for said leadership and shareholders! The "do more with less" mentality is alive and well at CSC and HQ employees are suffering from it. The inadequate headcount results in a lack of proxy or fill-in roles for any LOA/maternity leaves or vacated rolea, further saddling already stretched employees with unrealistic workloads. I would not recommend working here if you're not willing to be married to your job while not being properly compensated for that dedication.

3.0
Sep 9, 2022

7 years too long

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Amazing coworkers and fun projects to work on every now and then.

Cons

No opportunity for advancement. They just tell you there will be over and over again it and it never happens. Way too many cooks in the kitchen, everything is over thought and over analyzed, and very few projects are organized or communicated well from the top down. Director levels need to have performance reviews by their team to see how good of a job they are actually doing.

3.0
Sep 11, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Some teams seem good. Benefits are what I would consider good.

Cons

Culture is changing. This used to be a supportive, collaborative place. In IT things are going south quickly. They work employees far beyond capacity, and there is very little support for work/life balance.

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