Spoonflower reviews

2.8

28% would recommend to a friend

(91 total reviews)
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George Chao

27% approve of CEO

23% positive business outlook

Spoonflower has an employee rating of 2.8 out of 5 stars, based on 91 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Spoonflower employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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91 reviews
5.0
Jun 16, 2016

Great company for a working mother

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Aside from being immersed in creativity, beauty, and fun folks all around, the benefits are amazing and the flexibility with my schedule is so appreciated (and needed!). It's not uncommon to see an occasional visitor under the age of 18 in our office. (Many employee children are just as familiar with the fabrics as we are!) Recently they offered us the additional benefit of having a childcare spending account.

Cons

This is hardly a con and probably more of a reflection of my lack of self control, but there are many treats offered here. Homemade cupcakes, random snacks, etc. It is incredibly hard to resist the many temptations.

1.0
Mar 17, 2016

Not the workplace I hoped for!

Anonymous employee
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Pros

For a growing company, they are trying to keep both their customers and their employees in mind. Good benefits and company perks.

Cons

Watch your back, even if you are getting positive feedback. Be prepare to have some self budgeting for dental or pay high premiums. Communication is struggling!

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Spoonflower Response
10y
I want to tell you how much I appreciate your honest feedback. I’m disappointed that Spoonflower wasn’t the place you were hoping for, and I respect your efforts to help Spoonflower improve. You are absolutely right about our dental benefit; employees do have to budget to pay the premiums for dental. Spoonflower has always paid 100% of an employee’s (and their family members’) medical premiums in addition to making a large contribution to the Health Savings Account for each covered employee (which can also be used to pay for dental expenses). We felt that offering employee-paid dental was worth trying this year. We are proud of the benefits we offer our employees and are continually researching ways to enhance our already generous and robust package. We, too, recognize the challenges that come with the need to communicate messages and information to all parts of our company. Sometimes we get it right, sometimes there is room for improvement. We always have the intention of providing transparency and authenticity in our communications and we do our best to keep our eye on that goal. Again, thank you for your feedback. Please feel free to reach out to me at hr@spoonflower.com if there is any other feedback you would like to provide.
2.0
Mar 1, 2016

Floor Operations

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Free stuff such as fabric. Laid back environment

Cons

Not flexible, poor management from top to bottom, managers are in place that have no idea what they're doing and play favoritism. Change occurs every other day and numerous emails that's not needed. Company is operated poorly.

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Spoonflower Response
10y
Thank you for your honest feedback. I’ll admit, it’s not easy to read what you’ve written here, but I appreciate you sharing your thoughts. I agree that change at Spoonflower has been frequent and I also agree that change can be uncomfortable. As our company continues to grow, our organizational changes occur in response to our changing business environment, and we continue to connect with our customers best when we can adapt to their needs. At the same time, we are working on improving our communication methods and tools in order to better manage change with our employees. You’re not alone in your feedback about the use of email; this is a frequent topic of conversation in our Town Halls and management meetings. We are implementing other internal communication tools to enable employees to communicate with each other outside of email (Slack, for example) and we’re planning to offer a “Best Use of Email” class to set standards for email use within Spoonflower. Spoonflower invests heavily in our employees. While we celebrate our collective strengths, we recognize that we all have areas that could benefit from growth and development. We are paying close attention to what these areas are and hold ourselves and our employees accountable for our collaborative growth. If you have other feedback you’d like me to know, I’d love to hear it; you can reach out to me via hr@spoonflower.com.
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