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Columbia Sportswear

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Good Intentions, Zero Follow Through - Finance/Accounting Columbia Sportswear Employee Review

3.0
Dec 11, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great people and work life balance

Cons

-Pay much lower than market -Lack of career advancement opportunities, management expects you to stay in the job you were hired for with no hope of progression -Strange implications of working for a public company that is still "family run", results in skewed decision making, confusion, and politics that ultimately result in being an industry laggard -strong emphasis on cost cutting and budgets when EVERY quarter new record earnings are announced, all the profit sharing benefits go straight to executive management -extremely outdated systems, tools, and processes. Many areas of the company are still stuck in the 80s and management doesn't want to invest in better technology -all of Tim Boyle's direct reports are white males and there are very few women in senior level positions... very "boys club" mentality

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5.0
Jul 9, 2026
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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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