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Columbia Sportswear

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Toxic Work Environment - Executive Assistant Columbia Sportswear Employee Review

1.0
Mar 26, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Perks and benefits are good, if you ever get the chance to use them. Nice Campus.

Cons

Extremely toxic work environment- I was bullied by my peers and constantly micromanaged. Was told I wasted my managers time once in a meeting when I came to them for guidance. Told to "kiss my child goodbye and leave them with the nanny" one day when I was 15 minutes late. Manager tracked my badging in and out of building doors behind my back because they thought I was lying on my timecard instead of approaching me and asking (I was walking across the building to meet with other VP's I supported and peers). Lack of clear goals, duties, and guidance from management when asked, then given low performance reviews when "expectations" were not met. I chose to leave the company because of these ongoing issues including the lack of support, favoritism, and work life balance.

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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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