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Burton Snowboards

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Fun...for about a year - Anonymous employee Burton Snowboards Employee Review

3.0
Aug 20, 2013
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Nice fringe benefits, cool and driven coworkers. People really love snowboarding and what they are doing for the industry, however company uses that drive to keep salaries low. Location/city is superb.

Cons

The novelty of working for a snowboard company wears off quickly. Then you realize management has a serious lack of loyalty and a "you're lucky to work here" attitude toward employees. For various reasons (low pay, age, failure to buy in to the hype, failure to fit in with "the culture"), no one can survive long enough to make a career at Burton. Good people constantly move on or are pushed out.

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Pros

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Cons

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Pros

The perks are real: paid snowboard days, discounted gear, and some genuinely incredible colleagues.

Cons

Getting promoted here is nearly impossible. You'll be underpaid and underappreciated, but subtly convinced this is acceptable because you're part of something "cool." Management is chaotic and the company values are laughably hypocritical. The handful of promotions that do happen internally are largely driven by nepotism and favoritism from senior leadership. Their diversity and inclusion efforts appear to be more of a marketing initiative than a genuine commitment; the workforce is overwhelmingly homogeneous, and many employees are only able to afford to work here with financial support— think family money (White, Vermont, UVM/Champlain graduates). If you're looking to grow — personally, professionally, or creatively — do it somewhere that actually makes that possible. The environment is deeply political, job security feels constantly uncertain despite being overworked, and there is little to no long-term roadmap or direction from leadership. The people are great. The company is not. Go somewhere that deserves you.

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