BISSELL reviews

I came to BISSELL under the guise that it would be a great career move, and opportunities would fall in my lap like shaking an apple tree, so long as I worked hard. I feel more like Sleeping Beauty, handed the poisonous fruit, falling into a spiral of morale malaise, blamed on influences which many leaders claimed were cyclical or unavoidable. Most rather wrought on by poor choices or planning. Culture here was good-- in the past, and it's a joke that they still tout this, especially as other businesses make actual pivots to attract talent. Paying 75 cents for coffee is not a perk. And how many times can a business eat fish in a week on the cafeteria menu? Even the menu got less exciting, which I guess I can blame on budget cuts. The work itself became repetitive and hard to improve, constantly chasing fires, and what seemed like low expectations were higher than the moon. Prepare to argue with leaders who really just complain about the optimal outcome but provide no understanding or solution as to how to achieve it. Constantly under-resourced, mostly with time. Question decisions which logically make no sense, especially with hiring and promotions- raises and promotions to under performers, however horizontal promotions for longer tenure employees. There is zero regard for retaining talent, and because of this and the lower starting wages (which is still leapfrogging employees who have been there longer), the average intelligence of your colleagues seems to drop constantly. Our leader literally told us that I'd you don't love the job, that nobody is forcing anyone to stay, and we're free to go. Unfortunately some leaders work for good money and have been at the company for 10+ years and aren't going to change. If you've worked here less than a year, don't bother putting up a review here. I'm blown away by these short reviews for 'no cons to think of yet'. Wait and get a full opinion on the company once the excitement does and your optimism is replaced with real cynicism. That was me and it didn't take long. Those who remain: start talking constantly with folks around the whole building, as that's the best way to avoid the gas-lighting. No wonder everyone is leaving.

Leadership will straight up gaslight you about your pay/benefits, recognition is extremely sparse, and overall compensation is openly on the lower end of the spectrum. Very hard to move up rapidly. They put out surveys claiming they take them very seriously and then just completely ignore most feedback and spin the results in a way that fits what they were planning on doing anyways despite the general consensus of employees. The vast majority wanted to work remote as much as possible, and they doubled down on coming into the office. People complained about compensation not being fair, they then put out a ridiculous tone deaf presentation using external glass door data (not the internal survey of bissell associates) stating most people value corporate culture over pay. Just insulting responses to legitimate concerns from employees that want to help make things better only to be met with gaslighting from management and getting ignored. They lean on "company culture" that has clearly deteriorated and changed drastically during the pandemic and refuse to accept the changing labor landscape in favor of what they have always done. Sales are continuing to slump alongside increased costs, so the company switched to a bi-quarterly bonus payout in an effort to maintain cashflow, and there is not a light at the end of the tunnel of this downturn. Directors have told employees straight to their face when presented with legitimate work place concerns that "if you don't like it here, you can leave." There is a mass exodus happening across the organization due to the environment created willingly by leadership and this will only get worse unless largescale change is made to their stance on employee retention. When other job offers are presented, there is either a laughably small counter offer made or just none whatsoever despite years of service to hold on to employees. Definitely do not recommend applying here if you plan on working at a company for more than 1-2 years.