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Young Innovations reviews

2.5

22% would recommend to a friend

(90 total reviews)

Dave Sproat

41% approve of CEO

20% positive business outlook

Young Innovations has an employee rating of 2.5 out of 5 stars, based on 90 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Young Innovations employee rating is 28% below average for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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90 reviews
1.0
Feb 3, 2014

Respect, leadership, communication leaves much to be desired.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

May have had some before the PE acquisition. Too soon to tell right now, but after a year, nothing good to report.

Cons

People are treated like cogs in a machine. Tribal knowledge is worth little to nothing to the new executive management. Huge egos in executive management - they believe they can "manage" their way through everything. Enormous lack of communication about vision, and leading by example. Young talent willing to work hard is trampled over by the illusion of power by mid to upper management. Stereotypical predictable behavior by new management being ruled by a PE firm - making unnecessary changes to justify their new positions. HR is a joke - nonexistent to people who have actual issues, but right out in the open to communicate frivolous changes or additions to policies - ex: "Casual Friday" is their answer to plummeting morale. Stifling micro-management. Implementing new ERP - with this administrations inability to communicate, lead, and make decisions - will be a disaster - perhaps saved only by the hard-working soldiers who care...all of whom have their resumes updated and distributed, I might add. Casualties will continue.

1.0
Jan 30, 2014

Need a mix up of management

Anonymous employee
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Pros

It used to be a great place to start your career. You were welcomed in just about any meeting you wanted to attend. You got exposure to many facets of business at a young age.

Cons

If you didn't go to a Big Ten school, good luck getting hired. Never once heard any talks about compensation increases (the only time this happened for anyone is if they threatened to leave and they needed them to stay). New management under private equity is in it for a quick dollar for themselves, don't invest into any of the employees especially the ones that are still there from before the buyout.

1.0
Jan 22, 2014
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Pros

Was a great entry level company to work with. Provided a lot of exposure to many aspects of a corporate business.

Cons

Leadership relationship with employees is very minimal and with no means of communication of future goals. Work environment and culture is a very low morale state because of the lack of vision leadership has provided. As well, the values of the company are unknown and the value that is known is to increase profit.

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