Severance wasn't even that good.
So you read the reviews here and you think, "OK, I've succeeded elsewhere and I've overcome (or thrived in, or change, or -insert your verb) challenging organizations. I got this one." STOP - don't listen to your inner voice; listen to Glassdoor. Everything negative you read is true. In addition to the thankless and tireless hours and the capricious decisions on minutia for the Marks, there is rampant favoritism, bullying, and ageism, often under the guise of "Radical Candor."
And let's talk about the executive perks, varying by level. There is blatant "riches" showered upon the most elite in the organization. The top two execs with their palatial offices with zens gardens, fern walls, linear fireplaces, and coy ponds, and more - larger than most Boston apartments; Catered lunches everyday for VPs and above; Clandestine gym for Top 5 execs (hint to management - turn off lights when dark, everyone leaves late and can see in; SVP offices with fully stocked fridges; Rigid places where everyone sits in meetings; The list goes on.
And then the way the company is run - Mark B and Mark R are cruel and condescending to everyone and their direct reports kowtow to them all the time. Those senior executives that don't are fired or, wores , relegated to lesser roles and shunned. Meetings, of which there are a lot, frequently involve the Marks and often the two sit at the end of the table and whisper back and forth for ten minutes and then provide their edict.
There also seems to be a pattern of recruiting for a role when someone is currently in that role. There have been multiple times in the past year where a key contributor or leader was fired on a Friday and their replacement was in that office or cube the next Monday. And the older you are, the more likely this seems to be to happening.
Understand, there are very good senior leaders in the company, many try to change things, provide cover for their team, serve as great mentors, or just absorb more of the burden then they should. Many have been brilliantly successful in the past, and, if they can shake the scars of this experience, could again be great leaders in the future.
This is a bad place to work regardless of functional group or seniority, but nowhere is worse than Brand Marketing and Product. The more senior in Marketing you are, the more difficult it becomes. Marketing leadership turn-over, whether voluntary or involuntary, is extreme.
Sure many great products are launched at SharkNinja, but many, many more great people are broken. Whether you are looking at a Marketing Analyst Role or a Chief Marketing Officer role, don't, just don't.
