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      Umbra reviews

      2.4

      27% would recommend to a friend

      (113 total reviews)
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      Les Mandelbaum

      29% approve of CEO

      31% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      2.6

      Diversity & inclusion

      2.6

      Work/Life balance

      2.4

      Culture & values

      2.4

      Career opportunities

      2.3

      Compensation and benefits

      2.0

      Senior management

      Umbra has an employee rating of 2.4 out of 5 stars, based on 113 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Umbra employee rating is 31% below average for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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      113 reviews
      1.0
      Feb 18, 2015

      A company that has forgotten what really matters the most....the workers!!!!!

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great facilities like the Yumbra cafe and gym. They offer gift certs for suggestions, naming a product and being nominated for doing a good job.

      Cons

      Poor Poor management. They put people in charge who has no management skills and provide them with titles and wage increase for no apparent reason, only because they are liked. If you do not play the game and not suck up to the upper management, beware you will be fired.

      1.0
      Feb 3, 2015

      I'm leaving this place

      First floor
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Excellent place to be if you're good at sucking up. Or if you know how to play politics. Or if your aunt, uncle, or future father in-law is amongst the leadership team.

      Cons

      Design director is a good designer with terrible interpersonal and management skills. Just terrible. Sorry MC. CEO is too far down his path to truly be open to change. He's lost his spark. And the team around him knows it but just won't say it. Sorry LM. I've been at umbra for a while now, but it's simply not a fun place to be. It keeps some people. But mostly those who just don't know any better. Or designers who can't get jobs elsewhere. Umbra does a good job at looking good on paper. But like its products, it's falling apart from the inside.

      1.0
      Oct 23, 2014

      Terrible management, bad business practice.

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Onsite cafe/gym, lots of parking, 3D printing and design all done in house in Scarborough location which is inspiring I guess.

      Cons

      People get fired all the time, high turnover, no-one likes working here. CEO yelled out to everyone 'money money money everyone loves money who wants money' during a company-wide draw - that was my cue to leave. Super cliquey. CEO yells in the hallways at employees all the time. Why are people getting fired so often for no reason?

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      Glassdoor has 133 Umbra reviews submitted anonymously by Umbra employees. Read employee reviews and ratings on Glassdoor to decide if Umbra is right for you.