Great People, Management..well.... - Director Funko Employee Review

3.0
31 Mar 2025
Recommend
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Pros

The people at Funko are exceptional. Work-life balance. This is a place where at 5pm you can close your laptop and be well and truly done. There is a company holiday between Xmas and New Years that functionally gives you an extra week of vacation.

Cons

The leadership, across different teams, continues to be bad. I just watched the 4th set of layouts I have seen since I joined shortly before COVID (so < 5 years). Be warned, this company will start hiring again in 6 months and the cycle can begin again. The work life balance is good, the work is pure chaos. Leadership can't seem to figure out which shiny object to chase and so in some form or fashion they chase all of them. Teams are definitely not aligned and rowing in the same direction so you are always negotiating for teams to do something you need them to do. The tools to do the job are awful. Manual processes, low levels of automation and scant human resources plague the operations. Very scant opportunity for internal promotions. There isn't a clear path to promotion and in most cases there isn't an actual career path.

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5.0
9 Oct 2025
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Great work life balance - Fun culture - Great teammates

Cons

- No major issues. I have very much enjoyed my time at the company

3.0
3 Feb 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The people are why I've stayed here. If there weren't so many great folks here, I would have already left. Some cool mid management leaders. Has potential to be a cool culture, but only if they don't make it feel forced. New CEO Josh Simon brings promise to turn the company in the right direction. If Funko is going to thrive going forward, Josh is the person that can do it. I have more hope for the company now than I have in the last 4 years.

Cons

Some of the upper Leadership needs a rehaul. Some remaining toxicity that hinders the culture. Not great social engagement planning - they try, but it usually feels fake and forced, not natural. Lots of layoffs in the last few years - I've gone through 4 without being impacted. Work/life balance can be really difficult, but if you mention the concern you're pinned as someone that just can't keep up, which isn't accurate for everyone. Managers should actually consider if there needs to be rebalancing, especially since staff are expected to sometimes double or triple workloads after each layoff, with no title or compensation increase.

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