Melaleuca reviews

3.5

68% would recommend to a friend

(760 total reviews)
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Frank L. VanderSloot

67% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

Melaleuca has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 760 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Melaleuca employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Personal Consumer Services industry (3.6 stars).

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760 reviews
4.0
Aug 23, 2018

Administrative Assistant

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Product check, Retirement plan, company celebrations, cafe

Cons

Difficult for long time employees to negotiate promotions or raises. Salaried employees work long hours.

1.0
Aug 17, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The CEO is incredibly good at rowing. He holds 2 world records for the 100m row in the 65-69 and 70+ age divisions. He rows at company events. He has seen to it that there are half a dozen rowing machines at the fitness center, and several more scattered in rooms throughout the main office building. From time to time he’ll throw down rowing challenges and take you to lunch if you beat him. He just made a public announcement that he would step down as CEO if he failed to clinch the world record for the 70+ division, because if you can’t set a world record for rowing as a 70 year old - how can you possibly be fit to run a billion dollar company? If you’re looking for a company that is passionate about rowing, THIS is the place for you! Seriously, the company that makes the rowing machines has nothing on Melaleuca when it comes to passion about rowing!

Cons

If having a CEO with a bizarre obsession for rowing isn’t the main thing you’re looking for in an employer, this is an absolutely miserable place to work. Low and stagnant pay, way behind in terms of technology (just check out their website - hasn’t changed in 20 years), terrible culture of control and intimidation from upper management, extremely bureaucratic and political, over-priced gimmicky products, and just plain weird. It’s all about appearances. Over promise, under deliver - to customers, employees, whoever. Always be selling. You may be required to attend FB live events about rowing if there aren’t enough people who volunteer to show support for the CEO’s public display of his dominant rowing prowess.

5.0
Aug 1, 2018

Amazing Company to work for!

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Having worked for many companies in my career, I have finally found a company that has the same values as I do! The culture encourages you to be Honest, Open, Candid, and allow you to participate in all aspects of the company if you have thoughts to bring up. From the Upper Management to my direct manager I know that they have not only my concerns at heart, but also our customers and the company growths best interest at heart. It has been refreshing to see these values put into place over the years, they truly not only talk the talk, but walk the walk!

Cons

Expecting excellence in a company requires certain expectations. If you are not use to performing at high levels, this may be uncomfortable for you. The workload is usually very full and at times you'll have some pressure to the timelines and expectations that you are responsible for. There are departments that are required to work many long hours during our busy times of the month due to our business model,. These include 2-3 days where you could work anywhere from 8-14 hours each of those days to ensure our customers are taken care of.

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