Worst job of my professional career - Anonymous employee Callaway Golf Employee Review

1.0
Feb 7, 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Eventual 401k match Lax dress Breaking even pay Snacks

Cons

People come last here, despite record sales. Zero praise, thankless mgmt, good cop / bad cop scenarios with "leadership". Never so much as a please or thank you. No work/life balance-- expect to work late nights, weekends holidays… Vacation and benefits not honored or revoked (“take 21 days off per year”-- HA! you can NEVER take off, and count your sick days from the unyielding stress as vacation days). Breaks are discouraged, so get ready to be hunted down on lunches. Volatile daily functions, Unrealistic job duties, ever-expanding scope of responsibility. You don't know C++? Too bad, you're doing that today! Constant noise, Unprofessional attitudes, gossip about others’ personal lives, constant shouting, cursing, crying, people running through office. Not exaggerating. Disgusting warehouse work environment with no perks-- just snacks. "An open, collaborative work environment" - Leadership Lack of communication, Lack of process, zero documentation, no clear deadlines, total disorganization and chaos (hope you like endless impromptu revisions and due-yesterday firedrills!) Constant blame games, no accountability, so everything falls on the lower staff. "Leaders" disappear by 3-4pm, if they showed up. Extreme turnover due to tantrum-throwing, Hostile, tyrannical, narcissistic marketing "leader" who no one wants to deal with. (California’s office doesn’t care about Austin office or anything really, and there is no HR in Austin... SOS.)

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Pros

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Cons

* Favortism is rampant from top-down. *Culture is driven by your manager. You could feel like you’re working for 7 different companies depending on whom your direct report is. If you challenge the status quo for more efficiency, you’re deemed negative. Very toxic positivity. *Has become an activity based company vs. results based company. *When you do drive home results, there is no thanks given, no noticing, just more pressure to repeat what you did, but more. *They abuse the reps sample accounts. Constantly shipping product to your house with no notice and it’s egregious. Fortresses of boxes and you’re liable if anything is missing. *Very cheap spend on company resources. *Horrendous Communication Strategies. *You are pressured into playing a Shell game to justify “distribution of product” as it helps your ranking. But if you get caught doing what you’re instructed to do, there is no grace for your punishment. *Gross misspend of marketing budget. *Leadership uses fear and spreadsheets to drive home initiatives. Most of them are accountants at best. Not leaders of people.

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