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Columbia Sportswear

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Great benefits, extremely poor management and no room for growth - Anonymous employee Columbia Sportswear Employee Review

2.0
Dec 31, 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Benefits are decent; health care, PTO, and company perks are all very good and the sole reason I have stayed so long. Product is solid and brand still holds up well on a resume.

Cons

One of the most toxic workplace cultures I have worked for. Upper management makes promises it cannot keep and employs a "bulk order" strategy for its employees i.e. hire plenty of contract workers, pay them below industry standard and dangle the hope of full time promotion as a way to work more than 40 hours a week. Management will keep you in your role until you burnout and I have watched top talent go to waste as employees wait years just for a chance to get over to HQ but ultimately quit as management has a philosophy of "we can always hire more". There is zero opportunity for self development in my current department and I was a fool for not listening to the reviews mentioning "being stuck" when I first began my job search. Treat this as a job and nothing more, otherwise you will be disappointed. The benefits will only go so far and I would not spend more than 2 years with this company; 1 was a stretch to begin with.

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5.0
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Pros

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

Cons

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3.0
Jul 13, 2026
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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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