Yerba Madre reviews

3.3

52% would recommend to a friend

(134 total reviews)
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45% approve of CEO

39% positive business outlook

Yerba Madre has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 134 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Yerba Madre 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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134 reviews
1.0
Sep 27, 2019

Lots of hype, no follow up

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Free Yerba Mate No other pros

Cons

*They take advantage of low income workers - their distribution team is based in Florida and bases their salary in Florida. They promise a working wage, but they don't pay enough for anyone to live in the West Coast. They expect low wage earning staff to front a LOT of expenses and their reimbursement process is slow. They take advantage of hiring ex-cons and pay them the worst wages in the industry. *Management of distribution has no background in distribution and don't really know what they are doing, so they hold staff accountable for unrealistic exectations. *There is virtually no training or support. If you mess anything up because you weren't trained on it, upper management will throw you under the bus. *There is no mobility. They will hire you with lots of promises but I have watched over a dozen excellent team members get passed over for any promotion in favor of inexperienced outside hires. They pigeon hole you when you get hired, and you'll likely never advance or get a raise. *Upper management is out of touch with people who are doing the work. They don't listen to feedback. *There are serious safety issues. There is zero training on how to safely do the distribution jobs, cars are often unsafe and aren't adequate for the job. There are many many staff who have gotten hurt on the job. Management doesn't care. Overall, this is almost like a bait and switch. Lots of promises, but terrible management and terrible working conditions with terrible salary and no opportunities for advancement, no matter how hard you work. There are many many companies in the beverage industry who will pay better for similar work. It's disappointing that a company who makes so many claims about paying a living wage and helping the world is actually just using those claims to cover up for a terrible ethic.

2.0
Jan 16, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Pay, benefits, vacation policy, and work-life balance.

Cons

Organization does not follow the mission statement and is not honest with their employees. I was hired and then hired for multiple roles, only to be let go a month later due to changing of go-to-market strategy. Management knew what the situation was but continued to act like it was not moving in the direction it was going. Even when I was let go (I knew it was coming), they acted like I was on a normal update call for another project and then let me go. Just get to the point and not delay the final end-result. They really did not value the employees that truly cared about the company, embodied the mission, and were hard-working and passionate about the business. Not to mention that they truly do not care about overall environmental impact, but only as a marketing technique to gain new users.

3.0
Jun 4, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Salary position. Flexible schedule. Great for independent and self motivated person. I loved the local management team I was a part of, we all got along and it felt like a family. The team I led was also pretty good with the exception of a few.

Cons

Long hours, sometimes 12-14 hour days while you only get paid for 8. Upper management is disconnected from team on the ground. You get the feeling someone with no real world experience is making the policies, because they don’t function. Sales goals are so lofty that they are impossible to hit so you are constantly striving and not being rewarded. Company failed to pay out my team for incentives they were due. After the new CEO came in the company culture took a dive. Not the same company I started working for. Impossible to keep good employees because of low pay and lack of commission.

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