Pros
*Best pay and benefits in the SF Bay area for the fashion industry. Salaries however, probably don't compare to the tech industry. *Worked with amazing, creative, smart people who are passionate about their jobs. *Fast paced and always changing. Never a dull moment, which might be a con for some depending on what you are looking for in a career. You will never be bored. *Great charitable foundation that does so much for people in the community. *Cafe in building serving full breakfast and lunch. Very convenient. *Pro-women. So many leaders in the company are strong, smart, inspirational women. I worked at ON for over 10 years and never experienced sexual harassment or gender discrimination.
Cons
*Location between SF Giants stadium and new SF Warriors stadium is the absolute worst. Traffic getting to and from work is a little piece of hell. One road in, one road out. Public transportation is lacking. *Your opinion is not wanted or valued by upper management. Zip the lip and follow the leader du jour in their latest pursuit. Upper management is completely driven by the almighty dollar. I guess that's no surprise, considering the size of the company. *So many layers of management. Be prepared to spend a majority of your time in meetings and very little time to actually get your work done. So much process. Your work will be judged and reviewed and re-worked by so many different layers of mgmt. Nothing ever makes it to the store as originally designed. Everything is designed by committee, often delivering less than favorable results. *Throw away fashion. Not environmentally friendly. Cheap fabrics. Gross over sampling that goes straight to landfill. They have recently taken small steps to improve, but it's not enough. Need to make sustainability a priority. * Definitely a youth culture. Older employees, as in many fashion companies, are not valued for their knowledge, skill and loyalty. They are sidelined and weeded out. They prefer young, single people without families, they can work to death. *Very little opportunity to work from home or tele-commute, which is archaic. They want you in the office (design department specific). Not sure about other departments. *Not flexible with work hours if you're a parent. Need to get with the times, especially given Bay Area traffic and most families having two working parents.
