Great team, very poor upper management - Anonymous employee Japan Crate Employee Review

2.0
20 Mar 2024
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

-Free Japanese snacks (and crates for full-timers) -Lots of things to learn beyond one’s comfort zone (more on that later) -Hyper focused on growth and trends -International work environment where Japanese wasn’t necessary -Innovative strategy for e-commerce website

Cons

-Their way of teaching you how to grow is throwing you off in the deep end and yelling at you not to sink -Upper management shows clear favoritism towards certain employees, and clear disregard towards others -Deliberately lowballs new hires with salary offers -(Former?) CEO comes into the office in the afternoon and expects everyone to be on the clock same as him -Working 10+ hr days without proper OT pay -Upper management contacts employees during off hours, nights, weekends, and holidays about projects and topics that could wait until the next work day. Work life balance is a myth. -Upper management’s way of trying to keep disgruntled employees happy is that meme with the guy slapping duct tape on a water leak (aka pizza party)

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5.0
23 Apr 2019
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Pros

Learned a lot in my career as a designer! Loved the atmosphere of the team, the team outings and everything else!

Cons

Just for an individual stand point; the drive of 1.5hrs that accumulates, also, knowing I was a part-time, I was losing more in gas than compensation! BUT! I was a part time (contract) employee, so it was tough to really adjust the bank lol! And of course, the knowledge and confidence I gained is priceless! -

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4.0
17 Dec 2023
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

nice people, nice office, good vibes

Cons

pay was average, long hours

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