Slow Changes Toward Improvement...patience - Operations Fanatics Employee Review

3.0
Jul 6, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Casual dress code, Employee appreciation events: birthday, holidays, Open communication welcomed with whiteboards and pep rallies, Semi-annual pay increases for Level 1 = $1/year, Competitive benefits (medical/dental...etc), Communication seems to be better, FAN is great if you can be a part of that, HR is better than ever, Support of volunteerism even if it's only the stuff HR or whoever chooses the cause is worthy

Cons

Points policy is inconsistent (I know people who work here were in a car wreck together and their points were excused but I'm stuck behind a wreck that's even on the news and my point isn't?) No documented processes, Favoritism, Political and hard to communicate because HR is married to supervisors, If you're not 'zon you will be gone, the feeling that we should grin and bare it even though we try to talk about our concerns but no one wants to do that because some who have power will just hold it against you anyway, employee handbook is wrong because we have to use PTO for holidays and the Ops Admins said that we have a different policy here but we haven't seen it in writing so we'll get pointed and not get paid for holidays even though it says we get the holiday and don't have to use PTO, not sure how I can move up because no one tells me

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5.0
Jun 30, 2026
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Pros

Part of Fanatics Betting and Gaming -Work/Life Balance: managers really stress keeping good work/life balance. When I told mine that I had to work a couple extra hours to finish something before a sprint they told me to take another couple hours off during the next week or so. Also, half-day Fridays in the summer! -Remote work. -Smart, driven developers. -Good benefits package.

Cons

-A bit of a start-up nature causes some odd, sporadic development blockers. Not a big enough deal, but can be an annoyance.

2.0
Jul 10, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Benefits are fine, some coworkers can be great

Cons

There's a major disconnect between the company, and employees and customers and it shows in any talk with leadership. There's a distinct underlying boys club culture that I don't think they will ever be rid of. They are hyper focused on AI usage, to the point that it feels like a resentment towards workers for not figuring out how to replace us with it yet. They are expecting more work for the same pay and are now holding a magnifying glass to the employees with a new project tracking system, layoffs feel inevitable and the work was already unrewarding. Skill stagnation is expected, many coworkers who have worked there for years claim there's few opportunities to be promoted or learn something new. As a designer you will feel more like a pixel pusher, after needing to wrestle with the AI they are pushing onto the customers that don't want it. Leadership is allowed to live wherever they want, everyone else is required to be in office. Unfortunately the job is only worth it if it's remote.

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