A Sinking Ship - Anonymous employee New Balance Employee Review

2.0
Oct 24, 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Work/life balance, ping pong, sometimes there was a pretty good selection of chips in the company kitchen (when it worked) Pretty good benefits, When company morale was especially down, they'd send a snocone truck to the building. The fake nacho cheese at the company meetings. I really enjoyed my team, my direct boss & the Camaraderie against senior leadership.

Cons

Senior leadership. This is something you have probably seen on the T.V. Show " The office." If you enjoy a company that has no real plan and references a magic wand when goal planning, then this is the company for you! Human Resources- I was there for 3 years, in 3 years there was 100% turnover in the human resources department. The new team of HR members is for lack of a better word... a joke. They exuded the exact opposite of the culture that management was trying to cultivate. They lived and died by this imaginary set of HR laws that made them totally not approachable and actually the butt of a lot of jokes. Not flexible, condescending and played favorites. Pay- Significantly underpaid in market comparison. Promises were made by HR & Senior Leadership to rectify this, but it was always the same song and dance... "this is a long process, requires lots of work blah blah blah." Stop trying to make up for my lack of pay by giving me a free snocone. It's not the same. Snocones don't pay the bills.

Explore other reviews about New Balance

5.0
Jun 22, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible, supportive team and management

Cons

Disorganized when it comes to dealing with the back of house with stacked up boxes of shipment.

4.0
Jun 23, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Awesome team, great environment, awesome work-life balance

Cons

Area is pretty outskirt from the city, distance between offices are too far

See reviews by: Helpful|Rating|Date|All