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Charlie’s Produce

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Poorly managed old boys network environment - Anonymous employee Charlie’s Produce Employee Review

1.0
Dec 12, 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

A very customer centric company. Company stock options are a nice employee perk. In my role, I was given a lot of freedom to work without too much oversight.

Cons

Too many people there who "run" the company, that are friends and family, they have no accountability for what they do or say. Makes it tough to make good decisions, when they are criticized by the inner circle, who may have no information on a subject, but just feel like interjecting. In 5 years, I worked for 6 general managers, the lack of consistency and big picture vision made it impossible to feel like there was any progress or direction

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Cons

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1.0
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Pros

Selling fresh fruits and vegetables is fun! ESOP is just the dangling of the carrot. Seems to be the new corporate buzz word.

Cons

No culture or core values. And yes, what makes them amazing is the people! But at which company is that not the case? Inconsistent job titles, responsibilities, systems and disciplinary actions across all divisions in the company. No transparency or explanations as to why things are the way they are. Slow to adapt to changing technology landscape. Family company, but are all the in-laws and cousins the right fit for all the roles? They might be the largest private wholesaler on the West Coast but that hasn't created any purchasing power to be used as an advantage. With Co-CEO's, half divisions run one way, the others another way. Very fragmented structure. HR is not there to support employees, purely to protect senior staff/executives and company. "Too many Chiefs, not enough Indians."

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