Does Melissa & Doug pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Melissa & Doug employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.5 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Melissa & Doug. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Melissa & Doug?

77% of Melissa & Doug employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Melissa & Doug 3.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.6 for culture and values and 3.2 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Melissa & Doug?

Sales (10) , Inside Sales (6) , Sales Representative (6) , Analyst (4) , Sales Associate (4) , Account Manager (3) , Customer Service (3) , Associate (2) , Contractor (2) , Customer Service/Sales Support (2) , Intern (2) , Marketing Intern (2) , Operations (2) , Package Handler (2) , Product Development Manager (2)

What are the pros of working at Melissa & Doug according to real employee reviews?

"Great people in the organization that have been there a long time as well as new." ((in 20 reviews)); "Good pay." ((in 7 reviews)); "The team was great and friendly." ((in 5 reviews)); "Nice coworkers and pretty flexible with remote/hybrid" ((in 4 reviews)); "Good work environment" ((in 4 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Melissa & Doug according to real employee reviews?

"New benefits used against us" ((in 6 reviews)); "no bonuses" ((in 5 reviews)); "No 401k Match and Medical Benefits package needs improvement" ((in 5 reviews)); "The Original owners truly didn't care about the employees, enforced long hours (strict 30 min lunch breaks) and little if any benefits." ((in 4 reviews)); "management doesn't care about you." ((in 4 reviews))

What are the top reviewed Melissa & Doug locations?

Wilton , New York , Tracy , Dallas , Bridgeport , Richmond , Springfield , Houston , Modesto , Mountain View , Norwalk , Stratford , Jacksonville , Atlanta , United States Air Force Acad , South Wilton

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Melissa & Doug reviews

3.5

77% would recommend to a friend

(152 total reviews)

Lauren DeFeo Duchene

Not enough data to show CEO approval

57% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.8

Diversity & inclusion

3.6

Culture & values

3.5

Work/Life balance

3.5

Compensation and benefits

3.3

Senior management

3.2

Career opportunities

Melissa & Doug has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 152 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Melissa & Doug 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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Reviews by job title

152 reviews

1.0

Aug 27, 2020

Unfair Severance

Sales representative

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Wonderful co-workers from a wide variety of backgrounds.

Cons

Melissa & Doug has been purchased by an investment group who has gutted its work force of key sales and support veterans upon whose shoulders the company was built over the past 30 years. Founder Doug Bernstein has been replaced as CEO. The restructuring is unfortunate but certainly their perogative however only two weeks severance pay was provided. Most of those let go had over 8 years of employment. Many over 15 years. At the same time millions are being invested in E-commerce marketing.

5.0

Aug 26, 2020

Really energized about the new direction and culture changes

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

We used to have a lot of issues of secrecy, lack of communication, strong beliefs that the way we’d always done things was the only way to do it, and no one was allowed to make decisions which slowed us down and was demotivating. The new CEO has introduced a totally new culture where we actually have transparency to our direction and how our business is doing - and our leaders are now trusting us to own and drive the change. It’s really energizing to be a part of a company in a moment where we are defining for ourselves the course we should be on.

Cons

Health insurance isn’t very good - sounds like the intention is to improve it, which will be a welcome change.

2.0

Aug 26, 2020

Sketchy Place

Operations associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Most people who worked here were really good people, dress was casual even before Covid and we worked hard but did laugh a lot. But it all changed this year when the leadership changed. Most of us didn’t even realize it was happening until everything changed.

Cons

I get that the new people care about profit. It’s normal & I guess we weren’t very profitable before. But we used to care a lot more about people, & now we don’t. So many of my work friends were let go & most were here much longer than me. And how are they supposed to find a new job during Covid? And they didn’t even give them time or money or insurance until they figured it out. Why would anyone want to work for bosses like that? I’m sure they’ll sell the company & get rid of all of us & not care. I’m going to stay here for now but leave as soon as I can find a new job. I’m sure they won’t care anyway.

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