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Columbia Sportswear

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Stuck in the past - Marketing Columbia Sportswear Employee Review

1.0
Oct 17, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Loved my coworkers personally - really fun and well-meaning group.

Cons

Could go on for hours.... personally was incredibly frustrated at the lack of trust across the levels, lack of investment in areas of growth and development, lack of transparency, lack of accountability, lack of action where it would have mattered (eg managing people out)... I left before the c suite changes began so things may be different now but if you had asked me a year ago where I thought the company was going I would have said it represents everything that’s wrong with retail today - slow-moving and resistant to change, for instance in undervaluing its direct business, which is the only area that had scale. Wouldn’t recommend to a friend unless they wanted a place to mentally check out at the end of their career.

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5.0
Jul 9, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Positive environment, great training, pride in products and technology.

Cons

Seasonal employees get "up to 25 hours" but I have only been scheduled up to 15 hours a week.

3.0
Jul 13, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Good work-life balance and benefits.

Cons

What was once a pro for culture has now become a con. Uncertainty due to massive layoffs. Remote work has been largely eliminated, and thus flexibility has decreased signficantly. Offshore and AI initiatives to reduce local US workforce. Although collaboration is encouraged, departments are siloed and operate independently which causes significant inefficiencies costing the company millions of dollars. Diversity is also lacking in a number of departments. Over reliance on external consultants instead of leveraging internal expertise.

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