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Wolverine Worldwide reviews

3.5

49% would recommend to a friend

(713 total reviews)
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Chris Hufnagel

75% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

Wolverine Worldwide has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 713 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Wolverine Worldwide employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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713 reviews
2.0
Apr 11, 2017

Current, but exiting employee

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Competitive salary and benefits. Friendly, casual work environment.

Cons

Very short term vision that gets in the way of stated long term goals. In the five years I worked here, I had five different managers due to multiple "re-orgs". Each time, senior management stated that this was part of a long term vision to get the company back to a competitive and financially stable base of operations. However, if the changes do not have the desired effect within one year, they pull the plug and start again. These decisions appear to be entirely driven by the immediate need to placate investors at the time of annual reporting. Wolverine is headquartered in Grand Rapids Michigan with offices in Boston following the 2012 acquisition of Collective Brands. Over the intervening years, many key Boston based roles have been migrated to Michigan, so you should bear this in mind when applying for roles in Boston.

2.0
Apr 7, 2017

Too many layers & no guidance

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Nice facilities including two great coffee machines, pool table and table-football. The office is in Kings Place which is a stones through away from Kings Cross and very modern and nice. The office is on the 5th floor and there are show rooms in the basement. Next to those there are changing facilities and two shower rooms. Staff are encouraged to take part in events such as "though mudder".

Cons

There are too many layers and it is the kind of place where you have meetings about meetings. Decisions are made in America and there is a culture in the London office not to rattle the cage. Management shies away from taking responsibilities, which means decisions or answers to problems are delayed or pushed from one person to another. This is frustrating for the sales team and discouraging to credit control or customer services. Job development is a chore rather than a help. Every 6 month you have to select 2 goals from a pre determined list and then document the progress. It is monitored by having a number of meetings throughout the 6 month and upon satisfactory completion forgotten about and replaced with 2 new goals.

3.0
Apr 6, 2017

Outlook is Grimm

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

People, Pay, Support and Customers

Cons

Store Closures and lack of commitment to employees.

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