Polaroid reviews

This is for Polaroid's Instant Film division. The CEO is not Mary L. Jeffries (not sure why that's listed here, she seems to have left the company in 2015). Where do I start - I still have anxiety about thinking about this place. The root of the (many issues) stems from the C-level executives that are painfully out of touch with everyone who works there. It's very top-heavy with executive after executive being hired at an inflated salary while underpaid people actually doing the work are quitting or getting pushed out due to the toxic environment. I was at Polaroid for 3 years and had 7 bosses in total - good stuff! Nothing weird to see there. D&I at Polaroid is a joke. The entire executive team, save for a few token women who were hired to put some women on the leadership team after complaints, are mainly tone-deaf white men who routinely gaslit women in the company to be 'more professional' while promoting their male buddies into executive roles. Polaroid happens to be doing great because of industry trends re: instant photography but there is no long-term strategy here. Buy the product, it's a beautiful art form but for the love of god, if you love the brand - don't work here.

Mediocre salary. Promotions were rare and not based on merit. Employees related to higherups and employees who were part of a buddy system were promoted. I joined Polaroid with a MS degree and 4 years of experience. Two women (fresh grads.) who joined 2 years later were promoted after 2 years without any significance achievements. One of them was related to her supervisor. Whenever I asked for promotion I was told 1) that the company was not expanding 2) I cannot promote you till I get promoted- a supervisor told this to me. Behind my back he was actively trying to get another female assistant promoted. He was not successful. She had joined 2 years after I had joined Polaroid. After 7 years I was transferred to another group. My new supervisor told me - you are new to the group. You have not been tested yet. So we cannot promote you now.