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Basecamp Franchising reviews

4.1

77% would recommend to a friend

(53 total reviews)

Tyler Gordon and Zach Gordon

100% approve of CEO

84% positive business outlook

Basecamp Franchising has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 53 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Basecamp Franchising employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management & Consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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53 reviews
2.0
Feb 9, 2016

Over worked and under paid!

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Rewarding work to be of assistance to franchisees. It feels great to build those relationships

Cons

The workload is absolutely too much for anyone. They expect 120%, hope for 100% and will be disappointed with 98%. The compensation is a joke. They will pay you as little as they can possibly get away with and try to convince you that you are so lucky. Job descriptions are vague and leave gaps where things don't get done because no one knew who was supposed to do it. High turnover Speaks for itself.

3.0
Feb 5, 2016

Lots of Career Growth Potential

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Working at BaseCamp I had amazing opportunities to grow and learn with the team. It's a small company (or was when I started) and the knowledge I learned and the experiences I gained were great for my career. Yes I worked long hours, but I took pride in what I did and wanted to put in the work to get things done. And as with any company, parts of the year you work 70+ hours while other times of the year you put in your standard 40.

Cons

The people who run this company are very nice and genuine people. They've been dealing in children's and teen resale since the early 90's. They know their stuff. The biggest con is that sometimes they don't have faith in their employees to do the job as well as they would have done it themselves. Because of that a lot of double work gets done in redoing things that didn't need to be redone. That causes frustration on both sides. Another huge con is the franchisee / franchisor relationship. It's not just this company, but anywhere you go where there is that dynamic, you're going to have a difficult and frustrating time enforcing franchise rules and regulations. Franchisee spends all the money to set up the business. Franchisor tells them how to run it ..... you can see why there's conflict.

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Basecamp Franchising Response
9y
Great suggestions! Our executive team has made a number of changes to the way we manage our departments, providing more autonomy to each team. I think the results have been positive. Thanks again for the feedback. -Scott Sloan, CEO
2.0
Jan 31, 2016

Under apprecaited and Under compensated

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Base Camp is a family owned company making it a fun a environment for most employees. It is easy to make close relationships with co workers and it is nice to work in the same building as the CEO and other executives

Cons

Lack of Communication Lack of Appreciation Long hours without incentives or appreciation. *never heard a thank you* Traveling - No comp days after traveling for 10 days + they take your hotel points (never traveled with a company that has taken my hotel points) which was very disappointing. Employees are spread very thin Heath care benefits are not good. I was paying 40% out of pocket for my premium

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Basecamp Franchising Response
10y
We don't offer comp days for travel; instead, we offer a per day travel bonus that starts at $50/day up to $250/day depending on the number of days traveled. Additionally, we offer our franchise support reps an aggressive performance based bonus structure. Hope this helps clarify for anyone who's interested.
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