Design Dept - Anonymous employee Patagonia Employee Review

2.0
Aug 27, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits, great product, great rank & file co-workers, great town (Ventura) and location close to the beach.

Cons

Don't believe the hype; no upward mobility, bro-culture and nepotism rules and abounds. Executive management is only concerned about preserving their fiefdoms and do not want to hire talent they perceive as a potential threat to their cushy jobs. If you talk to anyone that has worked their for more than 3 years and isn't a bro/bra, they are miserable. Company has been unceremoniously firing lots of employees that have been there 15 - 30 years to make way for lavishly paying executives from Nike and Urban Outfitters the enormous salaries and to bring their "own people" in. A fellow employee/friend that is a manager was recently told by Executive Management to "not hire anymore 40 or 50 year olds." They just want to hire young, hip, good looking people now.

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