Beyond, Inc. reviews

The executive team is what’s most wrong with this company. THE PRESIDENT, STORMY SIMON: Likes getting high. If she has a crush on you she’ll make a whole department (or the whole company) sing you a cheesy song. That's happened twice. She is not a capable manager. If you work with her you will have to learn to placate her moods and fearsome temper. If you’re in a meeting with her and type on your computer you might be fired. Likes to be in company commercials. She and the CEO do creepy hugs in public. She gave most of her family jobs at Overstock. THE CEO, PATRICK BYRNE: Trust fund baby who bought the company in the 2000s. Also likes to get high. Very very smart, but…eccentric. For a long time he thought the Russian Mafia was trying to kill him. He bought a scary attack dog, hired a sniper to watch the company HQ, and moved his office to a different part of the building every couple months. He also has more guns than he can keep track of. One time he was arrested trying to take a loaded handgun onto an airplane. (No really, Google it!) Another time he drove $100k in a suitcase to Tijuana to try and ransom a former NBA player who had gone missing. (No really, Google it!) He likes sending pictures to the whole company of himself helicopter skiing, skydiving or relaxing at the beach. When I started they told me to never interrupt him, ever. He is very easily distracted by new opportunities and doesn't follow through on existing plans. He can remember a slight forever - even a funny look in a meeting. He can acknowledge his mistakes, but keeps making the same mistakes over and over. For all the controversy surrounding Stormy, she's a non-entity compared to Patrick. This is his company from start to finish, and the only things she gets away with are what he allows (or encourages). He regularly brags about how he dominates the company - shareholders and board aren't going to stop him, do you think she will? No way. When he finally gives up on her she is gone, just like so many others who seemed all-powerful one moment and then disappeared the next.

Marketing: This is a retail company, and when marketing offers 10-20% off coupons every day ON TOP of already low prices (still can't beat Amazon 98% of the time though)...well, you "make" less money as a whole, and that leads to layoffs and budget cuts. Budgets: HUGE problems here. Certain departments have gone YEARS without getting vital equipment and staff. When things blow up, putting them back together again can be very difficult and lead to more stress, more work for those already in place. Management/Leadership: 1. President: Why she is where she is, I have no idea, she must have something on the CEO. Watch your back here. 2. SVP's: Some are trying their best to get more for those under them, but dealing with above...not getting much if anything. 3. VP/Director: Next level is where you go from bad to worse in most cases, and I'm talking about the corporate part of the company here, CS really has it good I'd say. VP's and Director's have a tough time managing all of what they're given. 4. Managers/Leads: For the most part good to great! These are the people that hold the team together and keep team morale up. There are a few though that just can't get along, you try to clean up what was a huge mess, and they come down on you thinking you're trying to "steal my thunder" or some crap. Word of advice, if you want to help the team by making it better, go to the person above them and talk about it first. And again, fix your budgeting Overstock, it's killing the company and all of its employees.