Article reviews

3.4

46% would recommend to a friend

(234 total reviews)
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Aamir Baig

54% approve of CEO

26% positive business outlook

Article has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 234 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Article employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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234 reviews
2.0
Apr 3, 2024
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Pros

Amazing coworkers who are still in my life today. First year of employment was enjoyable and learned a lot!!

Cons

Incredibly destabilizing environment since the first round of layoffs a year ago. Never know what the week will bring in terms of new and faulty systems, changes to pay structure (salary to hourly), quiet lay offs, all while having zero opportunity to grow within the company or proper raises.

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Article Response
2y
Thank you for your feedback and for sharing your experiences. We truly appreciate your positive comments about your coworkers and your initial year with Article. We understand that the past year has brought many changes. Here are a few points we’d like to address directly: The shift from salary to hourly pay for our Customer Care team was implemented to simplify the overtime process and ensure accuracy in pay for our Particles. This change was coupled with a compensation adjustment, resulting in an overall pay increase for our Customer Care Associates. We acknowledge the environment has undergone ongoing changes. As we transition from a period of hypergrowth towards building a mature and lasting organization, some restructuring has been necessary to evolve. The timing of growth opportunities can vary, and they are based on the needs of the organization. We encourage internal applications whenever possible. However, Customer Care team members have seen numerous promotions within the team, and others have grown within the organization moving into Communications, B2B Sales, Learning & Development, and eCommerce to name a few.
2.0
Sep 20, 2022

Mixed Bag

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Pros

Great team I was working with, excellent flexibility to work from home, vacation, sick time, etc. Very few companies in Van offering that kind of flexibility, does not come without cost however.

Cons

Poor communication between teams, was always fighting and suggesting more communication, with no success. P&C team was slow to make decisions because SLT wanted their hand in everything, was not able to work independently, didn't seem like senior leaders trusted functions to make their own decisions. Unsure of who made forecasting decisions but hopefully they were part of the layoffs because they were a huge contributing factor to Article's troubles. Always in crisis-mode (need more people during pandemic, shipping costs skyrocketing, changing prices then rolling back, not making enough money based on forecasts, etc.) but doing pet projects, wasting resources and taking on more risk (aloe furniture?)

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Article Response
3y
We appreciate you sharing your experience. Happy to hear that our the WFH arrangement and benefits continue to contribute to a positive work/life balance. Hypergrowth shed light on the areas we need to improve, and we’ve been taking action using Particle (employee) feedback from 1 on 1’s with managers, annual 360 reviews of leadership, All-Hands, and Engagement Surveys. We encourage you to use these channels to share your feedback on an ongoing basis. However, we also know we’re not for everyone. Tech plays a large role in Articles vision, and our business is very dynamic, as a result we will continue to prioritize and repriortize work based on business needs. - Carlyn
1.0
Sep 4, 2022

Extremely mismanaged company

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Pros

- Corporate discount - Remote friendly - Work life balance

Cons

- Management is extremely incompetent - from senior management to team leads - Lack of priorities and team reorganization every 6 months - Hire and fire attitude = Layoffs - Favouritism when it comes to promotions. Performance reviews don't mean much when it comes to compensation adjustment or promotions. - Company does not value employee opinions - Feedback is ignored - Unnecessary corporate hierarchy makes getting anything done extremely difficult

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