New Balance reviews

3.9

71% would recommend to a friend

(1,242 total reviews)

Joe Preston

82% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

New Balance has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 1,242 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The New Balance employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.4 stars).

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1K reviews
3.0
Nov 14, 2019

Layoffs have come

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Pros

Used to be a great place to work

Cons

Lost culture as mid to high level management has come in with little knowledge of the business and made really poor strategic and personnel decisions. Morale was very low before early retirement and layoffs came.

3.0
Nov 13, 2019

All businesses are cut throat

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Used to be a nice family place

Cons

Profit has become the only important factor, not people

3.0
Apr 10, 2015

Amazing company terrible management

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The idea of the culture The benefits The charity work

Cons

Management. Obvious favoritism. Good work does not pay. No work training. Constant reorganization

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