Savannah Bee reviews

3.3

37% would recommend to a friend

(54 total reviews)

Ted Dennard

63% approve of CEO

38% positive business outlook

Savannah Bee has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 54 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Savannah Bee employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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54 reviews
2.0
Jun 7, 2017

Disfunctional

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Laid back work environment. No dress code. Drinking on the job.

Cons

Lots of internal hostility. No one at the company has any business acumen. The owner is an egomaniac. We often referred to him as the emperor with no clothes. This company does not act, they react making emotional decisions that are often harmful to the business and employees.

1.0
Jul 2, 2018

Nepotism reigns. Have some respect for yourself, and DO NOT WORK HERE.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

There are no good reasons to work here. It may seem like a solid opportunity, but you will find that to be a persistent illusion—a lie that will slowly eat away at your self-confidence and integrity. They truly do set you up to fail. The people may be kind to you at first, but you can not trust anyone. This is one of the unhealthiest work cultures in Savannah despite the frequent magazine coverage to the contrary. The people who succeed are ‘yes’ men and women to the President. Diversity of opinion, or any diversity for that matter, is a forgone concept. Absolutely no one has any business acumen and they lampoon anyone who strives to exercise some. Blind optimism is not real encouragement, and as the impossible tasks and goals begin to pile on, you will realize that you are carrying the workload of what should be three or seven people, or a whole department. They really are flying blind. Executive leadership continually makes poor decisions with only the short-term in mind, so often at the expense of their lowest level and least financially secure employees. Moral hypocrisy abounds.

Cons

There is and has never been a functioning, professional Human Resources Department. Claims and complaints of sexual harassment, abuse of power, and misogyny are ignored. Leadership so often fails to correctly terminate employees. This can manifest in several ways. Maybe they will drag their feet on confronting an abuser in the workplace, so that scores of qualified women resign in protest or frustration—decimating your team. Maybe top leadership spoiled the year’s budget, so then they’ll pressure those hardworking, yet regrettably highest paid employees to resign—in an effort to reset their payroll while symbolically absolving themselves of guilt. Or then again, they also could simply just ask you one day out of the blue to reapply for your job. You are replaceable, and you’ll likely be making less than the person that you’re replacing. Additionally, it should be noted that this company’s former body care manufacturer is currently being investigated by the state of NY for child labor abuses. Although this company has since cut ties with the cult responsible, they only did so after an Inside Edition episode aired with incriminating footage. The other beauty companies associated with this cult cut ties immediately upon being contacted by Inside Edition staff, not after public pressure.

1.0
Jun 5, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Friendly customers There are some good employees Company seems value driven on the surface

Cons

There were many challenges to working at Savannah bee. At first it seems like a great place to work but it is quite the contrary. The environment is toxic. You feel like you are walking on egg shells around the managers- not good. It is very cliquey and the managers are extremely unhelpful. The customers that come in are great and it was fun educating people on all the wonders of bees but that's about it. You definitely feel very under appreciated very quickly and the company loses its luster. I am not surprised of the allegations in the headlines as of late. Do better.

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