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Randa Accessories

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Randa Accessories reviews

3.5

65% would recommend to a friend

(196 total reviews)

65% positive business outlook

Randa Accessories has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 196 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there.

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196 reviews
2.0
May 14, 2015

Randa needs to open their eyes

Anonymous employee
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Pros

-Nice and talented co-workers, good office location, and traveling opportunities. - Large profitable company

Cons

As you can see from the below review that does not address the issues, statics and numbers are great, but the environment is equally as important which is completely disregarded. We are continually told what a great company Randa is and how many wonderful opportunities there are, however, the company provides it's employees with very little incentives. The office is the most uncreative and stagnant place I have ever worked. Everyone is always walking on egg shells because there are many ridiculous policies such as: you are not allowed to have your coat on the back of your chair, no flowers or live plants are permitted on your desk (even for holidays), there is NO space and you are continually told to "clean up" with nowhere to put anything, you get evil glares for talking to co-workers, even if it is work related (from senior upper management that walks in circles around the office monitoring everyone all day long). The front desk receptionist seems to have been tasked with taking attendance and keeping track of the time people come in like kindergarden. They make summer hours (only have to work 4 hours on Fridays) to be this huge gift, but you have to make the hours up during the week and it's only for July and August. Employees are given no flexibility with no opportunity to work from home. You have to take paid time off for a snow day (You are only given 15 total days off including sick/vacation ect). This company is also very anti-family and men are more respected and favored by upper management. The health benefits and 401K are inferior to other companies.

2.0
May 9, 2015

I wish I had more positive points.

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Pros

The pay is decent. The hours are decent if you realize you can never stay late enough to cover bad management and that you just need to go home on time and handle it the next day. The company does know how to make a profit. Your job is somewhat secure if you are in product development, sales or merchandising. You will have opportunities to travel and learn a lot about product development with plenty of opportunities to work on presentation skills.

Cons

Upper management: seems clueless as to what it takes to keep the product flowing at the rate it does. Departments are understaffed in every division. Middle management: Strong workers, zero management training if promoted from within. They are promoted to these roles but in addition managing an understaffed team, they are constantly asked to do special internal projects and attend so many meetings they cannot do the job they were promoted to do in the first place. If they do happen to succeed, they burn out and leave. Promotions: What I've seen over time is that there are two ways to get promoted: One, you are extremely difficult and squeak a lot. Even at the cost of other teams they will continue to give you want you want. Two, you can talk your way out of a box and it is one of your few talents. Its not about the work or the money you make the company. The people: Are great and really one of the only reasons it makes it difficult to leave this company. But everyone is so tired of the culture it has bred an environment of constant gossip and despair. It was not like this before. Also this seems to be the case after every acquisition in every division. Since randa grows by buying other companies it slowly takes away all previous work culture that employees valued until the people left conform to the new culture. If you hated high school you will hate it here. The workspace: horrible concept. OPEN SPACE IS FOR REAL CREATIVE FIRMS. This is not. People cannot get work done. You can hear every conversation, see if people walk in late, see if they leave early, see people talking, it breeds gossip and insecurities and is chaotic. Open work spaces have to be thought out and done well for them to work. It does not mean tear down cubicle walls and call it a creative space. Moving on: They have blocked people from leaving. So beware between the customers Randa has business with and the competitors being blocked, getting a new job could be very difficult.

5.0
Mar 17, 2015

Fast Growth Along with Growing Pains

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Despite other reviews I have read, Randa is a company that values creativity and invests in its employees. The company has tuition reimbursement, leadership development, internship rotations, and more. Randa has a broad range of jobs, brands, customers, products (from Dickies belts at Walmart to Cole Haan ties at Bloomingdales, from Weatherproof slippers at Costco to Tommy Hilfiger wallets on Amazon.com, etc.)

Cons

The company outgrew its internal structure and announced, last year, a organizational restructuring. (Randa grew from $100 million to over $700 million in less than 10 years). Change can be scary and the transition to new divisions, new warehouses, new management software and new reporting relationships had ups and downs. Seems to have settled down. Randa has a performance driven culture, expect to work hard and speak up to be recognized.

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