Recommend Staying away from Sales and Marketing Departments - Sales/Marketing Ocean Spray Employee Review

2.0
May 2, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

There are many great people in the middle management levels of the organization that are very caring and supportive, and just generally great to work with. Ocean Spray has a great brand. They will be a good company and employer again at some point.

Cons

Pay is OK depending on the level and salary you are hired in at - their overall compensation philosophy seems to be to pay as little as possible for a given job. They have salary ranges for each position, but many are paid below the bottom of the band. I wouldn't recommend this as a place for a young person to develop. There isn't much of a developmental culture here and people generally sit in jobs for a long time which makes career progression somewhat difficult. Not a bad place for someone later in their career though. Work life balance is OK. There is some flexibility which is nice, but lots of evening and weekend work. It is not uncommon to get a short lead time request on a Saturday or Sunday. Upper management and the culture they have created is the real problem here, and the reason I would recommend staying away until the C-level managers turn over. There is a culture of frequent verbal abuse and all decisions must go through Top management. Employees are not empowered to make decisions and must frequently placate upper management.

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5.0
Apr 13, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

* Strong collaboration between IT, product, and business stakeholders * Leadership is open to structured product management practices and roadmap discipline * Opportunity to influence process maturity and product strategy * Fast-moving environment that allows ownership and visible impact

Cons

* Governance and prioritization frameworks are still evolving * Occasional shifts in priorities due to changing business demands * Cross-functional alignment can depend heavily on individual relationships rather than standardized processes * Documentation and long-term product strategy could be more formalized

4.0
Jul 9, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Good life work balance. There is flexibility to work from home. The team is proud of the cooperative and advocates for the cranberries

Cons

Depending on the department the work-life balance differ. Communication between leaders is an opportunity

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