Hallmark reviews

3.4

60% would recommend to a friend

(3,612 total reviews)
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Mike Perry

62% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

Hallmark has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 3,612 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Hallmark employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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2.0
Apr 3, 2016

Graphic Designer

Recommend
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Pros

Kansas City, working with other talented professionals

Cons

Upper management has no clue. Do not understand how to develop and keep talent, dying business that is interested in developing "Spencer Gifts" type of product offerings as the card business slowly dies, very stagnant wages, bad culture

2.0
Nov 16, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

They have good pay and benefits, great employees.

Cons

Ownership and Senior Leadership is interested in only their personal agendas, not in creating an environment to reinvent itself. Hallmark should have been Facebook, and the leader in Social media. Greeting cards were the original social media and yet the 3rd generation of ownership as history predicts, does not have "what it takes" to lead and find new ways to do business. They will continue to "shuffle the deck chairs on the Titanic". If you are still at Hallmark, I would encourage you to get off the sinking ship NOW!

2.0
Nov 12, 2015

Artist

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Excellent salary, good benefits, caliber of talent in the building is phenomenal. Most co-workers are very kind, fun people. Great proximity to restaurants and shopping at Crown Center. You will learn a lot and it will be a gem on your resume, but in this day & age a career there is short-lived.

Cons

Not entirely the company's fault that it is slowly withering away; the digital age has largely decimated ink-on-paper communication. However, risk-averse leadership and processes with far too many layers of approval are a time-honored tradition at Hallmark, in addition to a weird clique of middle & upper managers who seems to always avoid accountability for poor retail performance (and remain magically unaffected by round after round of layoffs). If you are over 50 you can be certain that it is only a matter of time before you get handed your severance contract. Talent mix is ignored in favor of younger, hipper designers who look good in YouTube vids & blog posts. Endless silly meetings (and don't forget the cover sheet on your TPS report).

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