Fanatics reviews

I completely agree with another reviewer who commented that one should expect to be treated as if they have the education of a 7th grader. They expect you to work your tail off for little pay- while the executives make 6 figures and have their every whim attended to. And if you are going there with the thought in mind that you can get your foot in the door as an admin or some other lower level employee and then move up... proceed with caution. Most likely you will be given such menial, degrading tasks- that you''ll not want to stay. (I.e. for an administrative office position- be expecting to stock the girls bathroom and kitchen, kiss up, get executives their lunches, etc).

Extremely poor management. Most of those who are treated well are all friendly with people who are higher up. Training is almost non-existent and pay is below market value. There is almost zero opportunity for advancement. Management is rather difficult to approach. You are expected to know just about everything within a couple weeks. Manager is more interested in throwing parties and looking good to those above her than actually developing quality employees. There is extremely poor management of workflow and little communication from those above. They seem afraid of teaching anybody anything more than the basics. You have to walk through a metal detector every time you want to leave the building and park rather far away. There are no set standards and you can get told to do one thing on Monday and then told to do the opposite on Tuesday, then back to the first thing on Wednesday. There is a huge lack of honesty between management and employees. As for writing in a quiet environment -- forget it. It is a 3-ring circus in the copy department every day. The schedule constantly changes and is communicated many times on a day-to-day basis. The copy manager likes to micromanage and does not actually look at performance based on merit but on her own personal opinions. The place is run like a poorly managed retail store. I would avoid it at all costs, but if you do take a job there, keep someplace else in your back pocket or else you might find yourself back in the job market without much notice.