Melissa & Doug reviews

3.5

77% would recommend to a friend

(152 total reviews)

Lauren DeFeo Duchene

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57% positive business outlook

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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152 reviews
4.0
Apr 24, 2018

Works for me!

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Pros

Casual environment, very intelligent engaging coworkers, job security, salary, no-nonsense, productive approach to the business. Look, I wouldn't take any review that paints a company as either paradise or as hell seriously. I've worked at 4 companies and they have all had their strengths and weaknesses. For some people, things I call pros, they may call cons and vice-versa. It's a business and a successful one. Lots of people who have left have come back so they must have something to offer. A note on the negative review from 4/10/18--lucky you if this office seems unclean. I've worked in places where science experiments grow in the refrigerator and nobody does a thing about it. I'm a bit insulted on behalf of the office staff--especially L--all of whom I've seen clean the coffee machines often. Not an issue at my previous company because they didn't even provide coffee.

Cons

For me, I think we run quite lean with a lot of us carrying a workload and job functions that might be spread out across more positions in another company. There is unclear career growth potential. And yes, historically management might have focused more on what you can do better rather than praising what you've done. But they've never denied that and have produced phenomenal results. They are taking steps toward changing things and taking employee morale more seriously. If it works without sacrificing productivity, I think it will be a win-win for all.

1.0
Apr 10, 2018

Disappointing Culture

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Pros

Leave work at work Great product, mission Co-workers fun-loving Pay good, long hours Casual dress Bonus available (begging needed)

Cons

Bad reviews here all true. Glowing reviews written by brand-new-six-person HR team (didn’t exist 5 months ago - investors required because company wants to go public and you can’t go public without HR department.) Notice reviews on/around December 20, 2018. The day of holiday party- auditorium seating in cafeteria for 2 hours while owners unveiled all the new benefits. Nice, thank you, but things most companies already have like email and internet (don’t like us to use), unlimited lunch, work from home in bad weather (but if you stay home eyes are rolled), extra sick time. The problems remain: the company greedy at its core. Must work 49 hours/week but if you want to cut hours, say to the same hours the new right-out-of-college employees have, they cut your pay. 10 hour days unnecessary not family friendly. Now have additional benefits, all appreciated, still no respect for employees. Example: condition of building. Hazardous. Don’t vacuum. No ventilation. Coffee machines never cleaned. Carpets never replaced. Stink bug infestation. Clogged toilets daily. Just put in hand sanitizers for the first time last week. Back to greed. They want product shipped to stores early when customers need to wait (maybe new store not open yet, store maybe seasonal, etc.) No bonus if product doesn’t ship, yet is out of our control. If store closes, it’s held against individual sales numbers. Never give a printout of down accounts, must go through hundreds, one by one, to find which account received product last year this week. No 401k match. Health insurance bad (better in 2018) $4k to $12k deductibles. Many people with serious health problems. New benefits used against us- new flex lunch gives more time than old half-hour allowance, but sales metrics, such as “time in between calls” will be higher. Email now available, (have you ever heard of not being allowed to email) but your “time in between calls” will be higher because you are off phone. (Told how many hours/day off phone on daily call log. This includes email time, bathroom time, time spent chasing accounting to ship orders.) Take a day off, management is vocal, pokes fun. Women = whiners. Management sets bar on this and most male employees follow. Customers (our stores) taken by accounting department daily with unethical practices. Charged for “free” freight, “free” demos, “free” displays, until they call to question. April 10 and still no 2017 performance reviews. Salespeople here bring in millions (each!) per year.

5.0
Feb 15, 2018

Fun , collegial and casual office environment

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Pros

There are great people here at M & D, passionate about our brand and our customers. It is an amazing thing to be part of a mission / purpose driven culture. We all have the opportunity to contribute to initiatives that allow children to be children and to authentically engage with their imagination. What is better than that??

Cons

The office space is a little tired and could use a refresh

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