Great company to learn and grow - Anonymous employee Fanatics Employee Review

4.0
Aug 24, 2016
Anonymous employee
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Pros

I have been working at Fanatics for close to a year. 1. Process: The objective of having a “Process” is to operate things in a smooth and streamlined manner. I have witnessed that in many companies, process ends up becoming a hindrance in achieving the goals, leading to decrease in productivity. However, Fanatics stands out by having processes that are simple, straight and streamlined. 2. Culture: The culture here is pretty cool. We get the right amount of workload which helps maintain a good work-life balance. Fanatics has teams built with the right set of attitude, which has been a challenge in many other companies. People whom I have met here are fun to work with, at the same time, have been very supportive in all the endeavors that we undertake. 3. Learning: There is no dearth for learning at Fanatics. Use of many open source tools have pretty much enhanced my technical skill set. The challenges we are trying to solve are constantly widening my views on the business aspect. Given the spectrum of expertise here, I am learning the best practices of developing and delivering software solutions to address the market needs. I have been able to handle complex challenges effectively, with the support rendered by my peers. Overall, this is a great company to learn and grow, especially for fresh grads willing to improve their technical skill set.

Cons

I do not see any cons as of now. The company is constantly working on its policies/benefits towards betterment of the employees.

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Fanatics Response
9y
Wow. What a great review. As you share, we're truly focused on improving processes, policies and benefits for all employees. In fact, we just made some significant changes to our benefit offerings, at no cost to employees! Please don't hesitate to share any ideas you might have.

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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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