Design Center Manager - Design Center Manager Ethan Allen Employee Review

Great management, experience, and work environment

I don’t have any cons

It's a well-known name and carries weight on a resume. That's about where it ends.

Leadership operates with little to no regard for the people actually doing the work. The company has slashed headcount while increasing workload, and salaried employees are reminded of their status as a way to justify working nights and weekends. Performance reviews and raises are virtually nonexistent, often for years at a stretch — which means staying loyal actually costs you money, since your pay loses purchasing power to inflation every year you go without an increase. Compensation is well below market for the industry and region — low enough that part-time second jobs aren't uncommon among corporate employees. Decisions come down from leadership abruptly, with no real communication or context, and middle managers are too afraid for their own jobs to push back or advocate for their teams. Office politics are constant, treatment is uneven, and advancement is reserved for a select few, so tenure and loyalty mean nothing. Systems and processes feel decades behind. Overall, it feels less like a workplace investing in people and more like an operation focused on extracting as much as possible while giving back as little as possible.