For a company that prints on paper, management sure can't seem to see the forest from the trees. Competence gets redefined as a threat, while mediocrity dressed in loyalty becomes the gold standard.
The only positive aspect of the work culture here is the energy and enthusiasm of new hires before they realize where they actually work. When that time comes, they are replaced with new energy from new people who don't know any better yet.
All of management are not management because they have any sort of management skills, instead they are made managers because of their blind loyalty to the company and their ability to escape accountability by blaming others (many of whom are no longer there to defend themselves) over the years. Zero leaders here, only bosses and cowards that have survived by any means necessary.
At one point last year, more than half of the workforce had been there less than a year. They try to mask this as "business is booming, the company is growing," but in reality, it's because the turnover rate is atrocious and they don't know what to do. Some departments will say "we can't keep up / catch up," and "we need more help," but in reality, that department is already filled with people who don't work throughout the day -- they don't need more people in their department, they need different people in their department. This is how come they have doubled their workforce from 5 years ago, but they're still turning out the same amount of products each year. Couple this with no training, and this leads to "the blind leading the blind" and one big continuous mess for the few competent people in the office to clean up, until they get burnt out and leave.
They pay around 60-70% of the going rate for similar positions in California. Many employees here have a second job because they get paid so little. After all, it's not really a "career job" if there's no path to promotion and their paychecks can't even cover all your monthly bills. HR suggested I find a roommate before I even started here - big red flag.
Upper Deck is just a very shiny penny. Save yourself the hassle and keep looking elsewhere. This place is VERY toxic and simply NOT worth your talent and peace.
This company will be dissolved or acquired within 5 years.
