The fall of Fenty - Manager Kendo Employee Review

1.0
May 9, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Free product from all brands

Cons

If you're looking to join Fenty, especially as a WOC, consider this your sign not to. Your mental health is more important than the Fenty brand name and you'll lose yourself to a company quickly to use you. Kendo has become a hub for secret layoffs and beyond poor leadership, from horrible decisions of the CEO to VPs throwing reports under the bus for their own failures. Kendo has lost so many benefits and has below subpar pay for living in the Bay Area. The brand name isn't enough for the lack of work/life balance. As diverse as it appears on the outside, the inside is completely the opposite. Leadership lacks diversity and often have a certain consumer in mind that they like to cater to, which is very different from the brand following. Take this as your sign to not join this company because you'll immensely regret the time you've dedicated that you'll never get back.

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5.0
May 5, 2026
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Pros

Ez work flow that everyone will like

Cons

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2.0
Apr 23, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

There are some really amazing people to work with depending on the team you're on. Good exposure to what it's like to work on a celebrity brand and for a larger corporation (though it's also a con). They have a good selection of snacks, coffee, amenities.

Cons

There are some really awful people to work with. Lots of "mean girls" which will stay this way unless they swap out some people at the top. Huge lack of accountability, lots of blaming and pointing fingers. They have a beautiful set of principles that they don't follow. Processes are terrible - no one will take ownership and put proper ways of working in place. Kendo is best for younger folks just out of college so they can train you to believe this is the best way of working, and it's just not.

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