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Worked to Death - Anonymous employee Kate Spade New York Employee Review

1.0
Apr 6, 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The brand vision is very inspiring every season

Cons

The creative teams are extremely overworked, under acknowledged, and taken advantage of from every division at every level. Nothing is ever good enough, people are no empowered to make decisions or do their job, and there is absolutely no work life balance (or the realization that there should be one). The company has taken a very superficial stance on mental health following Kate Spade's suicide but offering 'mental health' seminars where you can go to mediate, etc. However, very few people can actually attend these due to workload and meetings.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
Jul 17, 2026
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Pros

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Cons

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