Beyond, Inc. reviews

This is not a place I recommend building a career. You'll find fairly quickly that having an opinion of your own is not an appreciated quality. Raising concerns is the fastest way to find yourself being walked out of the building in my opinion. There is a lot of talk about having an open and collaborative culture. What this really means is that you're expected to drink the cool-aid with a smile. Make sure you get every single directive in writing from someone above you. You could very quickly find yourself the scapegoat in their parade of endless lawsuits. Also, they're notorious for their use of non-competes to limit competition, so have an exit strategy well established. I liked the people I worked with, but management killed my desire to stay. I left to find much better opportunities in the city, of which there are plenty. These are just the thoughts and opinions of a former employee.

Not a great place to get promoted unless you are part of the inner circle. I know this common in small mom-n-pop shops like Overstock, but it’s definitely more prevalent here than I’ve ever seen before and it is hampering company growth and confidence in senior management. There is also something odd going on with the executive team. Anyone close to the past president has either left or is on the verge of leaving and been replaced by people from the CEO’s inner circle. I know these type of management cleansings are common in business, but 10 executives in less than a year from a company of 1,500 employees is pretty severe in my experience. I can’t say if things are better or worse with these changes but this kind of movement is concerning. My biggest issue is that Overstock has returned to the annual “rank-and-yank” policy that the CEO is such a fan of. No one is safe. I think the thing that bothers me most about Patrick’s disconnected “rich boy” attitude is that he waits until after Christmas to make the cuts, because he needs his worker-bees putting in long, hard stressful hours to get him through the shopping season. Once the holiday is over and he’s counted his money, he immediately demands cuts from his managers… He's a real piece of work! Bottom line: Not a good place to build a career. Too many politics, low job security, and out of touch CEO.