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
1.0
Aug 1, 2022

Do . Not. Stay.

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Pros

If you want print and factory experience they will mildly train you.

Cons

Too many to count now. This job was a goal of mine for nearly 7 years. I interviewed here so many times that I could recite the interview questions verbatum. For the first 3 years, this was a great job. Good benefits. Solid training. It understood that you were a human, not a machine. Upon 2020 and the pandemic, this company changed. I was not an essential employee, I printed home dec fabric; and the company used loopholes to keep the factory running through quarantine. I have eczema on my hands now from how often I had to sanitize myself and the printers. I was expected to wear a full face mask for a 10 hour shift next to a 300 degree industrial dryer. So that a CEO could sell this home dec company for millions of dollars while the world was facing covid. When Spoonflower was sold to Shutterfly, it became unbearable. The attendance policy was not forgiving to people with children or other jobs. Shutterfly took every chair they could. If you had time to lean you suddenly had time to clean. As a senior employee by that point, I was expected to suddenly take on responsibilities that should not have been asked of me. Longer shifts in taxing environments, and training people when I was not fully certified to do so. Atop all of that, it became clear that Shutterfly wanted a temp staff, and not a full time one. Practically every person who was there prior to the Shutterfly purchase ended up leaving. For good reasons. Despite attempts at promotions, while being the most experienced and valued worker on my shift, I was denied. Several times. This place will hire you, and work you as if you were one of their machines. If you take this job, I do not reccommend staying long. Get the experience, and move on to better.

3.0
May 31, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Former employee in manufacturing. I loved working here before Shutterfly was integrated. I've had a great experience with HR. They were always very helpful. Team leads were wonderful as well. They never yelled or belittled anyone, always willing to help or to reteach anything you may not have understood. You can work your way up easily, within a few months because most employees left.

Cons

The new work schedule is 10 or 12 hour shifts, new Management was strict on hitting quotas, lunch time is one 40 minute break for a 10 hour work day. If you are ever sick or late you are penalized heavily. They have a one minute policy and operate on a point system. So many people have left the manufacturing portion of the company once Shutterfly began implementing their policies. I'm sure they are aware of what needs to be fixed to keep employees content, I just don't think they care.

1.0
Nov 4, 2021

Unions are needed

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Free lunch once a week. $15 base pay.

Cons

Operations staff, which is where most people start, is not treated with enough respect. They are talked down to and with condescension that has painted a very classist, white, dictatorship kind of feel. The pay isn't worth the way they try to squeeze every ounce out of you. They don't validate real concerns. Their safety protocols are questionable. There is no equity in this business. They use people of color as tokens and management as overseers. They don't value the workforce and their Human Resources department is a joke. They refused to close during the start of the pandemic and didn't provide support for the employees who stayed to work . They supplied hazard pay and cleaning measures and decided that instead of paying people more as a base, they just allowed people to keep their hazard pay as their new base pay and called it a raise. They only care about money and only will ever care about money.

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