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
5.0
Feb 21, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Innovative company leading the charge on a new industry. After being here for almost 3 years, there is still plenty of growth opportunity bother personally and for the company. It is exciting to come into work every day and know that you are helping change people's lives.

Cons

Very past paced, have to be very flexible and nimble. Can be hard sometimes to juggle longer term initiatives with day to day business adjustments.

1.0
Feb 17, 2017

Disorganized and unprofessional

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Race day experience is amazing. Travel is fun. Most venues are beautiful.

Cons

Pay is terrible. Benefits aren't great, even though you are told they are. Labor laws are forgotten about. Favoritism is how the company is run.

2.0
Feb 15, 2017

not a "rockstar" company anymore

Recommend
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Pros

The people that you work with are great, especially for mid-20's young professionals, some people are Spartan Race 24/7, with Spartan roommates, dating co-workers, hanging out on the weekends, it can really be your life if you want it to. The work environment is casual, kind of like a locker room Not a cog in a wheel- The old days were more fun- working as a small team to turn Spartan into the brand name it is today

Cons

The running joke is "I feel like I'm about to be fired" - except it wasn't a joke, everyone is constantly concerned about whether or not they were going to have a job- it makes you completely insecure, paranoid, and disengaged The management decisions are irrational- I don't like the color of this or that, change it, even though you spent 100 man hours on it already and its two hours before the end of the day on Thanksgiving eve... No appreciation- even when you do an outstanding job or go above and beyond, they just move on, without any recognition whatsoever. There are several VP's who have absolutely no idea what they're doing- they were hired because they were either FOJ's (friends of Joe), spartan fanatics that got ahold of someones phone number, or have some military background. This means that the projects that they make a priority are completely off-base and ridiculous- and many of them are DOA and actually never make it to market- they're just a huge waste of resources There is a SERIOUS boys club attitude- They keep hiring remote team members- who don't have the proper qualifications- which sets the team back further, rather than moving it forward. No direction, no strategy, no communication

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