Pros
- None, after the new CEO, Matt Started
Cons
- There’s been a noticeable erosion of diversity across the organization. Systematic layoffs have disproportionately affected women and people of color—through reduced scope, the assignment of the most challenging tasks, and structuring roles to appear redundant—suggesting these outcomes were premeditated. - Executive leadership seems focused solely on short-term profitability by cutting resources and overworking remaining employees, often lacking transparency. - Leadership is frequently inconsistent, with rapidly changing directions and opinions. - At the executive level, there appears to be a “good old boys club” hidden behind a carefully crafted liberal facade—beware of superficial gestures, such as polished smiles, trendy Patagonia jackets, and rehearsed team-building activities. - Women, LGBTQ+ individuals, and people of color often feel marginalized, tokenized, and set up for failure, making them more vulnerable to layoffs, performance improvement plans, and forced exits. - Since the new CEO, Matt, internal (non-public) data indicates that layoffs, performance improvement plans, terminations, and attrition disproportionately impact women, LGBTQ+ individuals, and people of color at Stitch Fix.