Spoonflower reviews

Toxic to the extreme. Former factory employees still talk about how awful the environment has become months after leaving. The pandemic and the new CEO really launched a whirlwind of growth that the company dealt with by running their workforce into the ground. Training became inadequate, employees didn't get the support they needed, management became more and more scarce and got to work from home or sit in cozy offices while factory workers toilet in heat that sometimes caused people to pass out or become nauseated. Then the CEO and executives saw nothing but dollar signs when Shutterfly came knocking wanting to buy the company. We were blatantly lied to about how all of it would go down and how things would look after the acquisition. The environment spiraled out of control fast when Shutterfly started taking away every good thing about working there (like the good benefits and what little work/life balance there was), and nearly all of the long-time employees left, on all levels. But, that's what Shitterfly wanted. We spoke up for ourselves and they didn't appreciate it. They want workers who will just shut up, act like robots and question nothing.

- The original company culture has disintegrated since the acquisition. - Management seems spread so thin that nobody has time to be transparent about what is happening or set clear expectations. It's hard to tell if this is because they are just overworked or if Shutterfly is interfering with what can or can't be communicated. Staff is consistently promised company-wide meetings that never occur or are put off every time for weeks/months. - Employees at every level are being squeezed to meet the demands of the parent company. The atmosphere is basically: "Increase revenue so we can please Shutterfly so they don't lay us off". People work on their vacations, people work while they are sick, people work evenings/weekends and bend over backwards because there doesn't seem to be much of a choice. The management's response to frustration has been: if you don't like it, you are free to leave. When dissatisfied coworkers do leave, it is hard to replace the knowledge gap they leave behind and remaining employees face overwork and burnout. It is a credit to Spoonflower employees how much great work gets done in this kind of environment. - Because there is very little cohesive company culture, your experience here will be dependent on how toxic/overwhelmed your individual department is, and whether or not you work in operations or remotely. - There is a LOT of disorganization. Some of this is due to the company being forced to play catch-up or conform to new procedures from Shutterfly. Some of this is because people are being forced to take on additional responsibilities that pull them in too many directions. - The great health benefits are gone. - I would not recommend a job at this company to anyone I care about or anyone in my personal network.