High Stress, Crappy Benefits, Low Pay - Anonymous employee Grunt Style Employee Review

1.0
Jul 17, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Free t-shirt if its under $20 once a month, if your selection is over-stocked

Cons

There is very little work/life balance. You are expected to be available just about 24/7, to the point of being expected to respond to emails on the weekends/after work hours within one hour regardless of what the subject/urgency is. Turn over is VERY high (2016 was over 70%) with most of the churn being in Production/Shipping. Benefits are pretty crappy. The health insurance has a very high out of pocket and is VERY expensive. During a company meeting, a "Guest Speaker" came in to give a motovational speech to the company. The speaker asked the Owner, Chief Operating Officer (COO), and Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) if there was ANYONE in the company who they would like to recognize for their hard work... None of the 3 individuals could come up with anyone..... Management rules through a culture of fear. Make a mistake and they will fire you immediately.... Unless you are part of the "popular crowd". Inter-departmentally, the company is extremely fractured. Excessive amount of meetings. If you are in a leadership role, you can expect to spend 1/4 to 1/3 of your time in meetings, most of which are redundant and simply rehash the same material. For a company that touts the importance of "American Manufacturing", everything is manufactured overseas. The only thing that is done "In House" is the actual printing of the shirts. The majority of the garments come from Nicaragua, Eygpt, Pakistan (Seriously PAKISTAN?!?!?!), and other countries. Even the "Made In The U.S.A." design shirt is from Nicaragua (Ironic I know).

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5.0
Sep 13, 2023
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Pros

Culture and collaboration are top-notch. You want a workplace that you are excited to go to, that's Gruntstyle. The CEO associates with everyone. It is a modern workplace. You are allowed to move around and do perform your duty. There's no discrimination. I truly loved it there.

Cons

They need to pay more.

1.0
May 9, 2026
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Pros

Good enough company to work for even through they are going under. Some of the people you work with are nice and willing to work with you to improve.

Cons

If you work in the retail space at the HQ store don’t expect to learn anything. If you try to learn anything or ask questions you will be met with ugly looks from the managers and DM. Or be told that it’s not your job and then they will turn it around and say your not doing enough.etc

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