Hard to be creative - Assistant Designer Tory Burch Employee Review

2.0
Sep 23, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Decent benefits, summer Fridays, employee discount and sample sales. Nice office location and office space looks great. - Friendly people

Cons

(Disclaimer: These are opinions from someone who has never worked as a Designer in the Fashion industry) - Bureaucracy and job titles dictates the influence you have. The higher ups make all the decisions, and communication trickles down the pipe. - Not a lot of career growth and new learning opportunity for me personally. I don't think I've become a better designer. Responsibilities are only limited to the job description, and there are few opportunities for innovation and creativity. - Messy organization, lots of changes with no logical reasoning. - High turnover rate - Terrible pay for entry-level jobs. - Lack of diversity.

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Cons

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