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Lifetime Brands

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No money, no problem... - Category Manager Lifetime Brands Employee Review

2.0
Oct 21, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

If you are okay with making no money, then you will have no problem working here. Other than that, most of the people there are really great. I enjoyed getting to know eveyone. Free products are also a plus. (Thank god they are free because I would never actually spend money on a lifetime product). Good place to learn the basics of the industry.

Cons

Worst HR department I have ever encountered. Most of the people in there don't even have appropriate degrees and get promoted to HR from being a receptionist. Needless to say, they don't know how to deal with any situations. Completely unprofessional and out of touch with their employees and the industry. Innovation is scarce due to a completely disconnected design department. One half actually does work while the other half is there please upper management and hopefully "spark" some ideas but eventually leads to creating another brand that goes nowhere because it's just a knock off and cheap quality. But hey, it looks good at the show so let's spend all of our money there instead of paying all of the hard working employees. Promotions are frequent enough if you have a decent manager. However, the salary increase is such a joke most people would rather not get promoted. It's like oh hey, you're getting promoted here is 4x more work but we are only going to give you a 4% increase so have fun staying here til 8pm for pretty much nothing.

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Pros

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

Sadly, the compensation for this role is significantly below the industry standard for a Category or Product Manager with comparable responsibilities. There is no room to grow beyond a certain point, and there seems to be a lack of awareness of the efforts and quality of work that middle roles, such as a category manager, provide. Most of the grace goes to the salespeople who typically receive all of the information from people in our position. With the increasing lack of value placed on this role, there has been a slow decline in output due to unrealistic expectations paired with thankless and minimal rewards. People have left, been let go, and those left are burning out.

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