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Columbia Sportswear

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Leadership Failure - Senior Manager Columbia Sportswear Employee Review

2.0
Nov 24, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Our team is tight knit, efficient and highly productive

Cons

Columbia brand leadership is directly responsible for the reduction of headcount through lack of backfilling vacated roles and economic related staffing reductions. This lack of support leads to low morale, lack of work-life balance, cross-functional team attrition - yet a better balance sheet for said leadership and shareholders! The "do more with less" mentality is alive and well at CSC and HQ employees are suffering from it. The inadequate headcount results in a lack of proxy or fill-in roles for any LOA/maternity leaves or vacated rolea, further saddling already stretched employees with unrealistic workloads. I would not recommend working here if you're not willing to be married to your job while not being properly compensated for that dedication.

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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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