Burt's Bees reviews

3.6

59% would recommend to a friend

(72 total reviews)
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Benno Dorer

78% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

Burt's Bees has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 72 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Burt's Bees employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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72 reviews
2.0
Aug 25, 2012

Mix of big company and start-up - not always the best of both

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Pros

Great product! Interesting environment, great company values

Cons

Very chaotic and stressful environment. Lack of systems means work/life balance is non-existent unless you are in upper management or a manufacturing employee. Very difficult to take any vacation. Although it is not explicitly stated, people at all levels are expected to be on call 7 days/week and 18 hours per day. Expect to work on weekends, nights, holidays, vacation days for months/years without a break. Few people in the company actually get to work M-F 9-5. Some departments are very clique-y. People are nice but there is a lot of petty in-fighting and competitiveness. Not what it used to be.

4.0
Jun 23, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Generally a casual atmosphere, plus summer hours (get off at 1PM on Fridays in summer). Great building and location. Sales have been good partially because they operate in growing category of natural personal care. "Green" culture is nice, the company also supports the community green charities with a portion of sales.

Cons

Middle management ranges from supportive to incompetent. Marketing is growing more political as Clorox (parent company) strengthens their control over the job levels and structure. This is generally not a particularly analytical company, they tend to just copy what others are doing in the space.

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