worst company in apparel design - Design Director Haddad Brands Employee Review

1.0
Jan 21, 2025
Recommend
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With over 30 years exp in the industry, this is THE WORST company I have ever worked with or for. Ask around and don't rely on fake positive reviews here. Haddad offers incentives to employees to post positive reviews to skew their rating. There is no work life balance. They had 7am meeting and you will always work late. Compensation is much lower than other companies for the same role. They go through massive layoffs every few months

Cons

can be decent for someone just starting out

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5.0
Jun 9, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Pretty Good relationships with coworkers

Cons

A lot of workload short deadlines

1.0
May 8, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

The holiday party. Oh wait, it’s on a Tuesday or Wednesday so no one can truly enjoy themselves, so nevermind! Absolutely no pros.

Cons

If I could change one thing in my life, it would be working at Haddad Brands. Coming straight out of college and it being your first job, you truly have no idea how warped working there is. The delusion and greed of the family should be studied-the workload and how they treat their employees is inhumane and honestly disgusting. A crash course is the hours are 8:30-5:30-giving them an extra hour of your life for absolutely no reason. You’re looked down upon if you take a break or step out, even just for a minute. You sit in a jail cell, with no windows, for 9 hours a day-elbow to elbow with the person next to you-and cameras watching and tracking your every move. The Haddads actively work to fire people (don’t be mistaken I wasn’t one of those people-getting a new job was probably one of the best days of my life)-who they consider to be ‘C Class Players’ which is anyone who doesn’t dedicate blood, sweat, tears and overtime to them. All you do is make them money but when it comes time for raises, promotions, benefits etc., they can’t put their money where their mouth is. The work is genuinely not even close to manageable-no matter how hard you work-and everything is under a microscope and scrutiny. The work from home days that have now dwindled into basically zero is laughable and there is no work life balance whatsoever. Just know that if you work at Haddad, you will be worked like a dog-no ifs, ands or buts.

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