PlanetArt reviews

3.7

63% would recommend to a friend

(131 total reviews)
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Roger Bloxberg

77% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

PlanetArt has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 131 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The PlanetArt employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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131 reviews
1.0
Sep 28, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Usually my paycheck was correct. The health insurance was affordable if you don't have a family. They did end up compensating us for PTO after multiple complaints.

Cons

I began my short stint at PlanetArt through an acquisition (which seems to be a major growth driver for their business) of the CafePress brand where I had worked for many years. The first time we met the CEO he expressed that we should feel gratitude because we're lucky to still have jobs. He was upset that we complained about them taking our PTO (we were moving from an "unlimited" to an accrual policy) without compensation. It was downhill from that point. A year later, anyone with any experience and domain knowledge has fled. The CTO will micromanage your project despite having only surface-level knowledge. He will request to be in every meeting where he will derail constantly. On more than one occasion he swooped in while a manager was on PTO and changed fundamental aspects of their team. He admits to thriving on controversy. Product managers will appease the CTO during meetings and afterward tell the devs to do something different behind his back. It is a toxic environment. Employees who raise concerns about potential problems are derided and told that they are afraid of success. This is a mantra for senior leadership who seem to take pride in flying by the seats of their pants. When the plan blows up they're quick to point fingers at anyone but themselves. Avoid at all costs.

1.0
Dec 17, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

If you ask enough people, you might get information on how to use employee discounts on their various brands

Cons

I worked for CafePress for four years, through several acquisitions, before PlanetArt bought the company. Within months of the new leadership taking over, I knew my days at the company would be numbered. The benefits the company provides are very bad, especially the 401K match and family leave. When PlanetArt took over, I was 8 months pregnant. Our previous owners had a 12 week, full pay leave policy. PlanetArt requires you to use short-term disability - which you pay for - for maternity leave, which provided me with 6 weeks of recovery at 50% pay. I worked as a graphic designer on the creative team where we, for years before PlanetArts acquisition, had run photo shoots, created marketing emails, social posts, landing pages, display ads, content designs, and other projects. We were told by upper management at PlanetArt that they loved what we were doing. However, over the course of the following months, they began to strip away our creative voice and input. PlanetArt “leaders” would tear down our work, claim we were incapable of following direction, and micromanage our projects all while giving unrealistic deadlines and expectations. In addition to having no trust in their employees skills, they have no respect for their humanity. Language from leadership was frequently abusive and flippant, and attempts to mediate or improve relationships and processes were shut down. When one of my team members left the company, their work was shoveled on to another team member who, after asking for help and being denied, spent over 100 overtime hours on nights and weekends to stay caught up. If you’re looking for a company that will treat you well, value your ideas, and enrich your life, don’t apply. You don’t want PlanetArt. If you have any passion or skill as a graphic designer, don’t apply. PlanetArt doesn’t want you.

2.0
Mar 9, 2023

Terrible Company to work for

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Pros? I have none. Not a single upside to working for this company. Terrible pay, terrible management, terrible communication.

Cons

Do you want to be treated like an idiot every single day? Do you want to constantly be put down for asking basic questions? Do you want your manager to ignore you for 4 days, then berate you for taking 5 minutes to respond to a slack? Then this is the place for you!

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