Great Product, Great People, Poor Management - Anonymous employee Carhartt Employee Review

3.0
May 20, 2011
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

They have a great discount on a fabulous product. I've always loved Carhartt apparel and continue to. The people I work with are great people.

Cons

The pay isn't fair and promotions aren't fair. Don't expect to go up if you actually know what you're doing, as management seems to feel threatened by intelligent workers. So they promote the ones who really don't know what they're doing but will kiss up to the management. The communication is lacking, severely lacking. They seem lost as to what they're doing, which is understandable to some degree with all the changes they are undergoing, but it makes it scary to follow leadership.

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Cons

Hard attendance policy. I provided proof of a terrible thing that happened to my family and doctors notes, they still pulled me into the office and had me sign papers saying it wasn’t approved and threatened my job. This was very stressful. Also for as much change and learning as we are required to do switching from one program to another I believe they should raise Technician pay- order flow and Inventory control all deserve more. Also they had a meeting last year discussing that they justified their pay based on the surrounding market. Inventory control in larger cities make $2-5+ more per hour. It would be a life changing pay bump for many if it were updated. It is also disappointing how many offsite analysts there are, why not employ the locals?

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