A Corporate Circus - never a dull moment but very exhausting. - Anonymous employee Beyond, Inc. Employee Review

3.0
Feb 17, 2014
Anonymous employee
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Pros

My position allows me to be a fly on the wall. I interact with executives, entry level associates and mid-management folks on a regular basis. Very laid back environment. Upward mobility in this company is a very real possibility. The CEO, Dr. Patrick Byrne, is an eclectic student of eastern thought and this is very apparent in his decisions. Your happiness will very much depend on the department that you are in. I've luckily been placed in one where the department's VP knows me personally and will advocate for anyone worthwhile and coach the ones that aren't worth a grain of salt out. If you are seeking a rainbow friendly, pet-advocating, fair trade proponent employer then O.co is the place for you. Just read the next section to understand the cons.

Cons

Nepotism. Nepotism. Nepotism. This a prevailing theme inside of the organization. It wouldn't bother me so much if they were contributing members of their team. The benefactors are placed into positions they are so clearly unqualified for. This makes surrounding colleagues pick up the slack. If professionalism is something that you highly value, I'd suggest to keep looking. Vulgarity is quite acceptable and sometimes encouraged. Patrick always has a colorful comment during company-wide meetings - entertaining to me personally, but I can see how offensive certain people. Compare the salaries of senior executives against Amazon - Overstock pays theirs nearly double. This is very unwarranted for some executives and a real slap in the face when you see the disparity compared to hourly employees and the promise of a "bonus" each year. Management is very volatile. I understand this industry requires agile decision making, but the amount of change is staggering. Like I said, upward mobility is a very real possibility in this company - but that sometimes isn't a good thing. On the plus side, if you don't like your boss it's a very good chance you will have a different one in a few months. With any job, but especially this one in particular, I'd recommend having a backup plan and continuing to seek employment. I've known entire teams to disappear and executives traversing the many levels below them to personally fire someone if they don't like them.

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Pros

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Cons

Upper Management has completely destroyed this company and gutted it. In my several years at the company, communication is as poor as it could be. Bonuses are promised and then not followed up on. RIFs happen far too frequently. It is abundantly clear that this company does NOT care about it's employees, and at the moment is almost seems like they are trying as hard as they can to get people to quit so they don't have to pay severances before acquiring more companies and moving headquarters to Texas. The culture in the days of Overstock was incredible, it made people excited about being able to work there. Now people are hanging on by threads, large teams are now carried on the backs of just 1-2 people without additional pay as we see co-workers get laid off left and right. It is not sustainable. Important things are being missed because there are not enough people to do the work, which will end up biting the company in the butt for compliance and finance reasons.

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