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Essense of Australia

Essense is a privately owned "family" business with an amazing culture focused on relationships and excellence.  The company is in high-growth mode, which presents some challenges in terms of scaling the business.  The work is interesting and the environment is very dynamic.  The company has hired a lot of new people in the past couple years, so the biggest challenge is making sure everyone has the right amount of training and organizational knowledge to be successful.  The local leadership / management team is highly engaged and energetic, and people genuinely enjoy working with them.  The owners are also very involved in the day to day leadership of the business and they have a great amount of respect from employees as they have built the business from the ground up.  Overall, I'm very pleased with my decision to work here and I would recommend it to anyone who can thrive in a fast-paced, highly detail oriented environment.

A typical day at work I would clock in. Start pulling orders. Check orders from other employees. Box orders. Make Shipping labels for order. I learned how to successfully work in a fast pace environment. Management was okay. It seemed as if they only cared about them selves and not their employees. Co-workers were all good. We jelled and worked very well together. The hardest part of my job was getting blamed when other people would make wrong shipping labels under my name. The  most enjoyable part of the job was making quality friendships.

There were a lot of mixed communications from management.  One level of management would direct one way and the next level would completely change direction.  The senior management team seemed to be focused only on meetings instead of implementing ideas.  

Management did not take recommendations and expectations were non-realistic.  

Overall, the culture wasn't bad.  The few events I attended were over the top and very expensive.  I do believe they value their employees.

The environment is very much like high school with cliques that you are either in the group or not.  No  in between.

Warehouse workers are often treated poorly, being forced to follow corporate directives without regard for their wellbeing or dignity, simply because they don't have a college diploma. It seems their job title is irrelevant, as they're expected to perform any task demanded by corporate, whether it's cutting trees at a corporate executive's home or setting up chairs for a trunk show, all while keeping up with shipping and receiving duties. To add insult, warehouse workers rarely receive raises, unless they're part of the corporate team, which makes the lack of respect and appreciation even more glaring.

At first I was excited about the opportunity, but over time it became clear that the positive culture they projected wasn't real. The previous review about "wolves in sheep's clothing" was painfully true. It was a hostile work environment that expected everyone to function like a machine. My leaders gossiped about other employees, talked down to others in team meetings, discouraged breaks, only allowed 45 minutes for lunch even for exempt employees, etc. I felt like I was in fashion jail. On top of a bad culture, I was overworked. My job should have been 2 jobs. Overall it was a really bad experience and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.

They make many promises that they don't keep. They are also very disorganized and any decisions take a long time to solidify. It is very cliquish and they tend to hire young (with little work experience) employees. They did allow us to have a flex schedule. If we only took a 30 minute lunch break we got to leave early on Friday. However our work had to be completed to leave early and many times I ended up working more hours than 40 hours. They also supplied us with fresh fruit as snacks during the day.

They don't promote from within and only hire leadership externally. It's very cliquey. Strategy is rushed because they micromanage and bottle-neck decision-making. People like the industry and the glamour but there isn't much appreciation for sanity or rational decision-making.

Family owned company that is dysfunctional to say the least.  Husband is very disrespectful to the wife.  We would often witnesses this behavior via weekly Skype calls.  Turn over rate for this organization is high.  Steer clear there are many many more opportunities that exist!

Overpaid VP's, Directors, Associate Directors & Managers. No job security and no room to grow unless the owners like you. It doesn't matter how talented you are at your job or how hard you work- the owners have favorites and growth is based on how well they like you.

Very well paid, but the ownership is foreign and they don't understand the US culture in the work place.  Very difficult place to work.  Very limited training, clicky work groups, owners constantly suspicious.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Social media coordinator 3 salaries reported	$43,333 per year
Social media specialist 4 salaries reported	$53,500 per year
Client services specialist 3 salaries reported	$26.67 per hour
Project manager 2 salaries reported	$107,500 per year
Web manager 1 salary reported	$40,000 per year

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