Steven Madden reviews

3.3

45% would recommend to a friend

(1,329 total reviews)
avatar

Ed Rosenfeld

57% approve of CEO

41% positive business outlook

Steven Madden has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 1,329 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Steven Madden employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

Reviews by job title

1K reviews
1.0
Nov 20, 2017

I would not have joined if given the choice again

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

There is horrible free breakfast on fridays that you never ever see executives or upper management ever eat.

Cons

There are many but among the biggest issue is the lack of accountability from upper management. They are there for their own compensation. You will not learn anything from them. This includes all C suite. And if something goes wrong, expect to be thrown under the bus even if it is clearly management's incompetence. The top level people are set and that is never changing as they overcompensate themselves for what they do which is 9-6 but everyone else is expected to work overtime during closing. Ultimately your standing in the company is not based upon performance but rather your ability to polish the shoes of the C Suite.

1.0
Nov 16, 2017

Stay away from this dumpster fire

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Absolutely nothing stay away. I’m only continuing writing here because it required more words. Seriously apply somewhere else because here is not the answer you seek.

Cons

Everything about the company. Sales staff in corporate is totally incompetent. They have no back up plans if they lose customers and nothing in the pipeline. The whole point of sales is to always be selling well these guys get a big fish then kick their feet up and let everyone else do the work. From employees being forced to serve clients lunches to making you stay late with no compensation. This company hits on every red flag in the book. Upper management is clueless, they don’t give a flying you know what about employees. They work their employees to death and if something goes wrong they blame the lowest person on the totem pole and let who really made the mistake slide. No ownership of anything it’s always someone else’s fault or up to someone else to fix. As i states stay the away. You can also probably make more being an intern at a real company not one that’s run by a criminal who has served jail time.

4.0
Nov 10, 2017

Sales Associate

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The environment at Steve Madden was usually very fast paced and kept me involved. The management was helpful and answered any questions you had.

Cons

Sometimes opening shifts were extremely slow, the back room was often unorganized, and not knowing Spanish was often difficult being in South Beach Miami, FL.

Viewing 1072 - 1074 of 1,329 Reviews

Glassdoor has 1,461 Steven Madden reviews submitted anonymously by Steven Madden employees. Read employee reviews and ratings on Glassdoor to decide if Steven Madden is right for you.