Pros
1. I gained A LOT of experience working here. 2. I had the opportunity to work with a few good people (emphasis on few.) 3. 401K
Cons
I’ve seen some positive reviews on Glassdoor for Overstock, but I can tell you with certainty that those positive reviews were left by people who didn’t work closely with the executive team. 1. Executive Team/Management a. With everything I’ve witnessed over the past few years I have say the executive team closely resembles that “cool group” in high school. They do drugs together, sleep with each other, gossip behind each other’s backs, bully each other among other employees ETC. It obviously all starts and ends with the president: SS. She’s known as Overstock’s “poison.” I, among many other Overstock employees (former and present) believe she will cause the demise of Overstock. She “motivates” by fear, she’s nothing close to a leader and she’s completely unqualified to be in that position. b. Personally, I was sexually harassed and verbally abused by my boss (an executive) while I worked there. I kept record of every inappropriate thing my boss did or said to me, I also had multiple witnesses to the harassment and abuse. I finally mustered up enough courage to report what I had encountered and what did HR do…..? An “Investigation” that resulted in NO action. They told me to go back and work under my abuser “as normal.” They didn’t offer me any alternative. I did seek legal counsel, but ultimately… I decided I could not physically bare anymore emotional stress or anxiety on the matter. I didn’t want to waste anymore of my time fighting a company that had already caused me so much pain over the years I worked there. 2. High Turnover (result of exec./mgmt. Team) Employee turnover It is INSANE, people are constantly quitting or being fired, especially the Assistants that assist those on the executive team. Within a 4-month period 10 (some very long term) assistants quit, and 2 were fired. I know one of the president’s former assistant’s had to go to therapy after she quit because of all the terrible things she experienced. Not everyone that works at Overstock is bad, but the executive team among many directors, managers, HR, and some other employees are truly unethical and corrupt…One of the multiple issues with this is you don’t know who you can trust. They’re all entangled in this disgusting shady web where they cover for each other, but if they need to they’ll also throw each other under the bus. It’s unsettling to witness and just thinking about it now makes me sick. I’m probably 15-30 years younger than all of them and it breaks my heart to see these “adults” who should be fairly settled into who they are and what they stand for acting like 14 year olds in junior high. Not one of them has integrity. NOT ONE. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE don’t waste your time working for people with 0 integrity or values. I’m now working for an amazing company with great people, high standards and ethics and my life is completely different. I’m SO happy, I’m healthy and I enjoy what I do and environment I do it in. Don’t settle for Overstock, I promise you it will never be worth it in the long run.
