Spartan Race reviews

2.5

29% would recommend to a friend

(194 total reviews)

Joe De Sena

27% approve of CEO

22% positive business outlook

Spartan Race has an employee rating of 2.5 out of 5 stars, based on 194 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Spartan Race employee rating is 35% below average for employers within the Artes y entretenimiento industry (3.9 stars).

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194 reviews
1.0
Apr 21, 2017

It could be a great company, if not for the culture

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Pros

When I first started this job I was really excited. It was fun to come into a different kind of events industry. I certainly learned a lot and met some great people there. It was different from the same-old-same-old corporate environment. They had office lunches (not an offering any more). The office is designed really well but they had already outgrown the space by the time I got there, the open floorplan would be helpful were people not so loud. It sucked especially if you needed to use your phone for work.

Cons

- If you have ideas on how to improve things (and save the company money), you're going to be ignored or told it won't work. - The culture is work-until-you-drop, when you put 45+ hour work weeks in already they still expect you to answer the phone for an emergency you already provided solutions for (weeks prior). - Toxic, borderline abusive work environment. I saw burnout, PR nightmares and employee lawsuits waiting to happen on multiple occasions. - It's super cliquey, there's the "in-group", and the "good old boys club" - lack of benefits, poor pay

1.0
Apr 7, 2017

Leadership needs an update

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The people you will meet are awesome and will lead to long friendships. The environment is very relaxed. The passion you will have while working for this company is amazing.

Cons

Turn over is terrible. Respect for the passionate people that work in this company is diminishing. Hiring people with no experience and deciding to pick and choose who to be "friendly" with leads this company into a political totem pole. Leadership needs to get over themselves and realize who the true "spartans" are and practice what you preach. Maybe this company wouldn't be such a stepping stone.

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