Cotopaxi reviews

3.1

44% would recommend to a friend

(136 total reviews)

Lindsay Shumlas

46% approve of CEO

44% positive business outlook

Cotopaxi has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 136 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Cotopaxi employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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136 reviews
4.0
Jul 30, 2018

Start up

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Cotopaxi is a star up, as such, most things have not been figured out, this is a great opportunity to be creative, define your own processes, and use your own tools to get your results! - One of the best perks of Cotopaxi is the people and the energy that they bring to the workplace. Most are young people with no fear to fail, ask and be taught. Great place to learn if you are in the first steps of your career. - The executive team has amazing leaders, outstanding professionals in their respective areas. Cotopaxi is in good hands. - The manager-subordinate relation is friendly and open, which allows to have a great mentor to guide your tasks, but also a good friend to listen to your work frustrations - As long as you get your job done, there's a lot of time flexibility to go pick up your kids, visit the doctor or any other errand that you need to run.

Cons

- Salary in general is lower than in other similar companies, but one must have in mind that the start up will eventually become a big company ($$). - Since it's a start up company, options for advancement are limited, but you might take on a lot more responsibility than the same position elsewhere, so you may not have the title (or salary), but you might be learning as much as any other manager out there. - In start-ups, everyone gets to do a bit of everything, but at Cotopaxi, sometimes is a LOT of everything, which may make your world overloaded and overwhelming. - No benefits like 401, roth, tuition reimbursement, etc.

5.0
Jul 11, 2018

A great place to truly Do Good

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-Start up environment means lot of opportunities to explore projects beyond your current role -A rare bird in the outdoor industry that practices what they preach about wanting you to get outside and enjoy the spaces that made you so passionate about this industry -Truly cares about their people and values their team (executive team really reflects this) -For a young company they've done a relatively exceptional job at putting the right people in the right roles from a leadership perspective -Knowing that they are young and growing up the ladder will be slow during this period, they strongly encourage people to find other ways to lead within the organization and engage with the rest of the team -Though it has been going through some cleaning up, everyone on the team truly believes in and strives to do meaningful work with meaningful impact on the community and the world around them. It is incredibly refreshing so long as naivete doesn't impede

Cons

-Start environment also means resource and band width can be limited -The benefits could eventually use a little improvement but is also comes with the territory of being a young company -What does someone have to do to find a stapler around here? But seriously, start ups amirite :) -Also wished we had actual desks, offices, etc with stability and privacy combined with the open tables for those that want that

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