manager

logistics coordinator

data coordinator

compliance officer

production associate

Centric Brands

My time here is highlighted by a good chunk of Pros and Cons. While there were a lot of things I certainly enjoyed about my time there, there are a lot of things I did not enjoy. Many aspects of which i would hope future people see and take into consideration when looking at Jobs hosted by this company. 

PROS: 
It was incredibly fun to get a wide variety of experience under my belt. Centric owns a large variety of brands, and my specific position did allow me to get my hands on a wide variety of products over the years. This also gave me a lot of personal connections to people all over the company.
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CONS:
The Cons here certainly outweighed a lot of my good memories. The company seems to "uplift" how important their core values are, but when it comes time to enforce those core values the company falls short. Growth from within, Raises, Promotions, and clear direction on how to grow in the company is nearly impossible to find and understand. It became extremely frustrating to thoroughly enjoy the work you do but have no clear understanding of how you could grow in the company OR why the values of the company never quite applied to you. The other large CON for me was the management. Management seems to be extremely disconnected from what their employees need or how to appropriately manage their people. Again, the work was enjoyable but the managements attitudes and interactions with their direct reports make it less than enjoyable. 
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FINAL: Overall I am thankful for my time and experience here, but it is unfortunately not a company I would recommend others to work at. Their HR, management, and growth for employees needs some severe work before I'd change my stance on that. 

It depends on the division you work for, but unfortunately I worked in the division that was highly toxic. It starts with the president and goes all the way to the VP's who most are not qualified or properly trained. I worked there for 3yrs. and I had 4 different VP's and shockingly each one was worse and worse. 

There are no raises or room for advancement unless you play the political game. You can go to HR, and they will listen, but these VP's are so protected that they cannot do much most of the time. The workload is excessive and hours are long because they will not hire the right amount of people to do a proper job. You will not find too many people who actually enjoy working there.

It depends on your VP if they will allow you to work remotely for any reason. Some don't mind if you do occasionally, but mine took it away completely and it was hard enough to go to a doctor's appointment. It was in your seat at all times. Basically treated like a child. Good luck taking a day off because they will still reach out non-stop. There is no one to cover for you while you are out.

I wish I could say more positive things, but unfortunately that was not my experience and many others just the same. I learned a lot though, and made some good friends

When you are hired for a job you suspect you will be able to do what you were hired for.  Not the case.  Director of stores is top of the line Micro-manger who has her favorites.  Which is 1 district manager.   Workload given to stores is excessive, teams are demotivated, discouraged and afraid to speak up.  Turn over in the NE is the highest in the company due to the leader in that area.  
You cannot have an opinion.  It is her way only with no explanation, other than I said so.  Business is failing more and more by the day. With lack of focus on the customer.  The number of operational task take hours from Store managers off the floor.  Detrimental to stores with 2 coverage.  
District and store leaders are threatened weekly with write ups and progressive discipline for the several task and sign off given each week.  Corporate business partners stay silent, assuming they are also threatened by her judgment.  
Not looking very hopeful for what was such a beautiful brand.  The values are no longer present.

I had an amazing manager fore most of my time there, and she was one of the only reasons I stayed, also the friends I made! But the office you work in is so overflowed with things, they need more room, and the expectations from some higher ups are so crazy and unrealistic, if your manager helps stand up for you and manages the team well, its good. Once I had a bad manager, I wanted to leave so bad. Without that layer of help and protection, you will be asked to do so many things, some unethical, by VP's and up, its unfair. I witnessed lots of yelling and fighting in office, and received many passive aggressive emails from higher ups. My coworkers in lower level positions were amazing and usually easy to work with, we trauma bonded if you will. There is glamour to working in the empire state building and that is cool, just make sure you really mesh well and feel respected by your manager!

What is the best part of working at the company?
Great company to work for. I loved working for centric brands. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Working with other companies that do not follow the same values. Management from centric were supportive and understanding. So it made things easier. I would work here again in a heartbeat. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Again management was very supportive. I felt there was a good balance of work, life and balance. I felt appreciated and respected 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
When I worked for Centris’s it was smooth sailing. Everyone was pleasant and my salary fair.

What is the best part of working at the company?
the best thing was getting paid 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
everything was stressful. time frames were too short, processes were too manual. they expected  you to work 14 hours a day, 7 days a week. and forget holidays, you will be working

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
no work live balance. CFO said accountants needed to be working not taking time off

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
long and crazy. no communication as to what might be coming. just dropped demands in your lap at the last minute

What is the best part of working at the company?
Decent pay and benefits. Good Supervisors.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Wasn't stressful, just disliked doing production work(uploading PLM). I was more valuable as a Graphic Designer.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Relaxed, but too much mindless conversation by co-workers. Easy solution: Headphones.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Working on multiple graphic prints, sets, union suits for sleep apparel. Uploading to PLM.

It is a poorly run company.  they exploit their employees.  They talk a lot about how they want to be a great place to work, but they don't mean it or do anything significant about it.  They spent so much money on their ridiculous offices that when the pandemic started they didn't have any money to meet their obligations.  They filed for bankruptcy and slashed everyone's salaries.   

Management will only talk down on you & the training is poor but they wonder why employees aren’t learning properly. Rude to employees and constantly talking down on not learning quick enough. Everyone is in and out of these positions as I’ve learned from other workers.  Over worked and responsible for doing others work because they don’t hire proper staff. Good luck taking a day off and having someone to cover your work. Toxic work environment.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The coworkers, and the benefits.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
How they handle orders for customer. Did not have an updated SAP system. Too much hands on with orders that should flow smoothly through the system. The product should be sold as each not pack quantity.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Each team did not socialize that much with one another. Seemed more closed off. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Stressful with work load.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Manager 3 salaries reported	$70,667 per year
Logistics coordinator 3 salaries reported	$44,333 per year
Data coordinator 3 salaries reported	$42,000 per year
Compliance officer 3 salaries reported	$57,667 per year
Production associate 1 salary reported	$20.00 per hour

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