Vitacost reviews

2.7

35% would recommend to a friend

(171 total reviews)

Brian Helman

49% approve of CEO

31% positive business outlook

Vitacost has an employee rating of 2.7 out of 5 stars, based on 171 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Vitacost employee rating is 25% below average for employers within the Personal Consumer Services industry (3.6 stars).

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171 reviews
1.0
Feb 6, 2014

Unrewarding

Recommend
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Pros

It's a pleasure to work with everyone in this organization who does not have "chief" in their title.

Cons

What exactly does the chief merchandising officer who makes $300,000 do aside from ask rhetorical, confusing questions?

1.0
Oct 4, 2013

Overworked and underpaid

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Some exciting projects I worked on but my team never got any praises from anyone even though it was pulling in a major revenue stream into the organization.

Cons

All employees are over-worked but they dont want you to log the 60 hours you worked. They want to you to log it as 40 hours- why? If the employees brought a class action suit against this company they would win because this organization is in violation of labor laws. IT and the BI team are clueless, They all still work there. Most talented people I have known have left. They have a wall of shame when projects miss the tight deadlines. Really? Is this how you motivate your employees. Such ways point to a very inexperienced leadership. I used to get free stuff every month but most of the food products were stale. The food we were served every Friday was high calorie and this is a health retailer. They just dont get it.

1.0
Apr 29, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Pleasant co worker are abundant as well as mostly intelligent people. Sunny state, nice area and plenty of walking sidewalks around the complex as I walk a lot. I also use the workout and showers periodically at night.

Cons

The outlook of the company concerns me dearly. I am an old timer (6 years) and we are not turning a profit still. We are cutting back a lot and even the CEO has dumped millions of his own money to help us stay afloat. I genuinely like the company and people, but we can't seem to turn a profit. for whatever reason. I am afraid it will be a mass lay off so I am currently looking elsewhere. I have nothing 'bad' to say about the company except that the aura is negative and many people do indeed gossip and partake in immature activities like many reviews here state. Personally, I am over that, just looking for a stable and growing company to join so I can enjoy the last 3rd or so of my career. I have seen a CIO, VP, COO and 4 management members leave over the past 8 or 9 months (many by their own doing and many others through 'layoffs' and this has me concerned).

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