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Design Imports reviews

2.7

36% would recommend to a friend

(46 total reviews)

37% positive business outlook

Design Imports has an employee rating of 2.7 out of 5 stars, based on 46 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Design Imports employee rating is 24% below average for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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46 reviews
1.0
Nov 7, 2022

You Are Better Off Elsewhere

Recommend
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Pros

A small handful of people that work there are some of the nicest people I've ever worked with.

Cons

Everything else, but I'll try to be more constructive: -Insultingly low pay: Base salary is well below industry standard and management will act indignant if you ask for anything more, even after they add more and more responsibilities to your role. "Bonuses" are discussed, but since employee turnover is so high, chances are you will be gone long before they ever have to make good on that particular promise. -Horrible upper management: The CEO is absolutely allergic to good ideas and seems to actively want the business to fail. Feedback is not listened to and any ideas for betterment are met with rejection, including long-term WFH and 401(K). There is an overall culture of disregarding employee health, it seems. To wit, most eComm businesses made the switch to remote work early into the pandemic and stayed there. DII gave employees maybe two months before they were forced back into the office while Covid was still surging. Any attempts at asking for remote work were quickly turned down (despite management working from home whenever they felt like it). Covid itself was continually scoffed at and tone-deaf communication from management belittled and ignored employee concerns. Employee health and safety is simply not a priority at DII. Poor employee treatment: -If it wasn't made abundantly clear by now, treatment of their employees ranks at the bottom of this company's priority list. The best example I can provide is that this company doesn't even have an HR department. Yes, you read that right. While grievances pile up, there's no actual official way to bring any of your problems to anyone who can do anything about it. Your only option is to talk to an immediate supervisor, but since they report to upper management who have already proven themselves not to care about much other than their own bottom line, this option proves completely fruitless. There's no accountability anywhere and it shows in how they treat their employees. I could keep going but I will stop there. Long story short, this company is not worth your time and you would be treated better almost anywhere else.

1.0
Oct 13, 2023

Ministry of Silly Decisions

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The unprofessional office culture made it really easy to stop caring about your work, and that made for a stress-free environment.

Cons

So many downsides that a lot of the previous reviews have covered, so I won’t repeat it all, but I’ll add that all the negative reviews are accurate. I’ll also add that the COO is completely oblivious to everything that’s going on downstairs. Everybody is miserable, nobody has the time, leadership or motivation to do their best work. “50% effort is fine” is VERBATIM what my former manager regularly encouraged the team with, on top of promoting the use of AI design to a bunch of designers. This is not the place to be if you’re a creative, as creativity is discouraged. There is no leadership, no HR, and don’t get me started on the IT situation.

3.0
Jan 5, 2019

1st job after college

Anonymous employee
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Pros

It is a good first job to get your foot in the door but don't expect much growth/progress unless someone leaves. It is located in the heart of tukwila and there are some great employees, managers not so much. HR is sort of nonexistent as well but it is a very small company. The company expands business fast but not really organized.

Cons

Benefits are not that great &expensive, schedules are not flexible, not open to change. The owner has no idea what everyone does within the company. Upstairs & downstairs is like 2 different environments. Breakroom lacks essential supplies. Lack of culture

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Design Imports Response
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That's great you enjoyed some of your experience at DII! We actually have outstanding opportunities for growth as most of our professionals will attest. Your feedback is appreciated as we always want to do a better job.
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