Spoonflower reviews

2.8

28% would recommend to a friend

(91 total reviews)
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George Chao

27% approve of CEO

23% positive business outlook

Spoonflower has an employee rating of 2.8 out of 5 stars, based on 91 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Spoonflower employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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91 reviews
3.0
Oct 15, 2021
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Pros

Working with other creative individuals (co workers) who share similar interests involving different types of art/crafts.

Cons

So many but will list a few. Serious lack of transparency through the whole company. Lack of communication from the higher ups to the Supervisors and even less to the employees. The people who work in the factory arent treated with the same respect as the people working in the offices. The people working the offices many times dont even know what is going on in the factory and how processes work, which is pretty laughable. There is an underlying race issue that the company desperately tries to hide and deny. Almost no people of color get promotions and they are typically "watched" a lot more closely than anyone else. If you get injured on the job then forget about. You are treated as if youre an enemy of the company. They will try to put all blame on you and treat you as if youre incompetent. Mainly the new manager has been doing this to multiple people. There are a lot of procedures and training that needs to be reviewed for safety. Many things in the factory are not up to OSHA standards. A lot of injuries have not been recorded and many of them have had lasting effects on employees that the managers couldnt care less about. The cliques in the company and high school mentality runs rampant. Many Supervisors, Team Leads and the newest manager are protected simply because they are friends with upper management. If you arent included in the clique/cult and dont live and breathe Spoonflower then you can kiss opportunities goodbye. Mentioning that you have a life outside of Spoonflower to the managers instantly makes u deemed unworthy to move up. The work life balance isnt great and will be even worse come next year when they change everyones schedules yet again. There is little to no flexibility with scheduling unless you are friends with the managers or the scheduling person.

3.0
Jul 21, 2020

General Impression

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

-Wonderful people -Can be artistically stimulating -Immense potential -Apparently new CEO who is very focus on building the compay

Cons

-Rampant nepotism -Board members that despite being big players, seem to have a vain/obstructive method of management -General lack of transparency and team cohesion -On the office side, a bad habit of hiring people who are inexperienced for the sake of them being affordable -Pay that is neither significantly competitive, nor equal for the work expected -Arbitrary 'promotion' of people with no discernible purpose/change in expectations -People in upper management who are there purely as a result of the time put in, not indicative of the quality of their work -Customer service team is under staffed, overworked, underpaid, and using clunky antiquated software

2.0
Mar 17, 2017

Used to be a great job

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Spoonflower at one time had an incredible work life and culture that made going there every day exciting and fun.

Cons

There is a severe issue with pay, training, managers and supervisors playing favorites and no opportunities to grow within the company. You will be paid the same as someone who has been there 5 days, 5 months or 5 years. You will not be paid for receiving more training. You will not be offered any chances to move up unless you make the right friends and impress the right people despite whatever work ethic you may have.

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