5.0
Jul 24, 2016
Current employee, more than 1 year
Saint Louis, MO
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook
Pros
I love working at Build-A-Bear! The atmosphere is warm and friendly, the workplace culture is healthy (encourages collaboration, everybody fact-based and on the same team). The corporate office is 85% female, including most of the C-suite, so it is very empowering for women. Plus they have compressed work weeks that allow you to have every other Friday off!
Cons
Smaller corporate office (≈250 people) means fewer promotion opportunities. Workloads can be too big which often leads to long hours. Your manager can make a big difference, and since he or she is probably the only such manager at the company, you can't switch teams and do the same job.