Delicato Family Wines reviews

I came from one of the largest and most successful wine companies, which was extremely buttoned up and professional, and as soon as I started employment at DFV Wines, I quickly learned this organization's top management is the exact opposite of that. The sexual harassment of one particular executive (first red flag), combined with the immature and unprofessional behavior of mid to senior level management, made me quickly regret my decision to leave a top wine company for employment at DFV WInes. I stuck it out for a few years even though I was offered positions at other wine companies because I wanted to try to make it work. After I left the organization, management, culture and company morale took a nosedive. There is a strong trend of hiring new people away from other successful wine companies, only to fire them a year or so later for ridiculous, often made up, reasons. For this reason as well as many others, I would never recommend anyone work at this company.

This is now... First and foremost, while I loved being around the family and had a generally positive experience working with the CEO I am a firm believer that those in charge are ultimately responsible for everything, positive or negative, that happens with the company. Besides, this is about prospective employees (you) not the family. That said, I cannot provide a glowing endorsement of executive leadership because they are either aloof to the issues that exist (not good) or are systematically allowing unprofessional, uneducated and self-serving "buddies" drive the company into the ground (much worse). Either way, this is on them. The deteriorating culture is on them. Lost morale is on them. Stalling sales, on them. Employee dissatisfaction, turnover, lost credibility with distributors and retail accounts.....you get the idea. Upper management is a fraternity and there is no true accountability to which they are being held. They protect their own and will find scapegoats if it keeps their hide unscathed. There are countless changes with little to no explanation why changes are made. There is increasingly more admin required resulting in less time selling while accountability grows disproportionately in the wrong direction. There is rampant finger-pointing and misdirected blame within the organization and a strong lack in "resolve and learn from mistakes" environment.