Black Diamond reviews

The company is trying to maintain itself by being the "cool climbing company" and it's not sustainable. They have taken away bonuses and are not competitive regarding compensation. A lot of people have left and there is little to no effort by HR to try to improve morale or employee retention. The HR department is incredibly small and if you get a response to your e-mail there is a strong possibility it will have a slight tone of irritation or shortness in the response. Management and HR does not respond impartially to harassment concerns. They also do not follow through on investigations when situations like harassment are brought to their attention, despite documentation of the official complaint procedure in the Employee Handbook. It is imperative during job offer negotiations to document the details in writing because there is a tendency by some managers to not follow-through on verbal agreements.

2 weeks on the job VP of Marketing left, 2 months in VP of merchandising left, day before I left Brand Director left. HR is terrible hiring and firing for random reasons, no effective coaching or support network in place, no clear direction and actually conflicting direction between CFO and President. No awareness or employee moral, employee needs, or circumstances. Core climbing culture is exclusive and not welcoming, Terrible manual legacy processes in place, no formal planning, budgeting, or controls in place. Presidents spends budgets without regard to responsible manager. Letting directors go with no severance, notice, or promised bonus. I have never seen a company in worse shape attempting to move at a mind blowing pace with no foundation or investment. Company is attempting to recover from terrible margins with no attempt to clean the market. I was let go for untrue accusations, with no chance to reconcile, no coaching, no opportunity to ensure my experience was heard. In my 20 year career I have never received a negative mark with HR, never been under "exceeds expectations" in my annual reviews. Definitely wild west within this company with no regard to peoples lives, employees time and investment in the company is under appreciated, and they have done a nice job in establishing a fear culture for all directors, management, and supporting teams.