Nice people to work with, great place to work if you are a golfaholic - R&D Callaway Golf Employee Review

4.0
Jan 18, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

A good working environment where they let you do your job without high pressure. Pay is fair to good, they have nice people that I worked with. R&D is well equipped to to do your job.

Cons

It’s a good old boys club when it comes to promotions or job advancement, a lot of politics, no loyalty. I was with the company for over twenty years, developed many successful products for the company. When Covid 19 hit, it gave Callaway a great excuse to eliminate long time employees or if a manager just didn’t like you. Some very good managers , some were awful. During the layoff HR was flat out mean. A whooping 6 week severance pay if you were there for three months or twenty five years. I’m older around 60, so looking for work at my age has been impossible, can’t even get a interview, so basically I’ve been thrown into early retirement.

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
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Pros

* You are immersed around the game of golf. * Autonomy is there as long as you preserve it. * Pay was great 5 years ago. *The people that have remained a stronghold and the ones that have been lost over the years outside of upper management.

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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