Decent place to start. Not a great place to stay.
Pros
Decent place to start your career in fashion. Company has grown fast and the name is quite recognized. Quite innovative.
Cons
Culture: While the upper management really tries to nurture collaborative environment, the company simply hired too many wrong people as middle managers for the past few years due to fast growth. Too many people are rather abrasive and rude but are still tolerated for some reason. Lack of Leadership: Most of middle managers (Senior Managers & Directors) have no clue as to how to lead people. Most of them have years of experiences, which makes them capable of doing the jobs themselves, but they are clueless when it comes to leading others. They are often too afraid to ask for the right resources to upper-management (causing the teams to run extremely lean and inefficient) and often see employees as disposables rather than assets. Unclear Career Path: This is primary reason why I would advise anyone to stay away from the company. Because of extremely subjective and useless performance reviews, your promotion is likely to be affected by your manager's situation and favoritism. Promotion is rather dictated by your team's budget rather than your actual performance. In other words, your manager will find reason to NOT promote you if the budget is not there and they are more often than not to fight for you to cover themselves. As for internal mobility, you better forget about it. Your current hiring manager has authority over whether she will let you move to another team and will often prevent you since your team likely is short-staffed. Even if you successfully maneuver enough to move over, you are expected to take responsibilities of 2 jobs for quite a while (Smooth transition means you take both responsibilities unless they hire someone fast and that person can fully do the job). Also, keep in mind that you will probably start at very low level if you move to another function. Work-Life Balance: This will depend on your team. But I would NOT say the company has a culture of respecting your personal life and treating you as a responsible adult. Disorganized: While the demand for the brand is strong enough to carry the company grow, its infrastructure is rather behind. Accountability is often not defined and your work will be extremely manual due to lack of system and processes.