account coordinator

shift leader

production

marketing associate

full stack developer

Perrin Sportswear

When I applied to Perrin, I was really afraid to step into a factory setting. My family was disappointed and warned me about how factory work wasn't a place for someone like myself. My expectations were fraught to say the least. 
I can confidentally say that my fellow coworkers were some of the most positive and easy to get along with people I'd ever had the pleasure of working alongside. It truly did feel like a family to me. 
The workload was never unbearable; pacing in embroidery is an easy to master art and your fellow coworker is always willing to lend a hand.
The problem; your workload was never consistent. The last few months of working were some of the most boring and slow weeks of work in my life. I remember one point they had embroidery workers PULLING WEEDS OUTSIDE to give them something to do. The higher-ups made promises of securing big name contracts but never followed through, then blamed the "bad economy" for the reason for resorting to layoffs. 
Management is. Not ideal. Almost everyone in a "position of power" on the work-floor is related to someone else. Heaven help you if you get on their bad side and aren't either a friend or somehow related. 
Direct zone leads and supervisors have almost no drive to talk things out when it comes to things they aren't satisfied with. A simple "Hey this thing happened that wasn't acceptable" type of chat would have helped most of the people that got laid off recently. This is all coming from the perspective of the shift that I was on, too. From what I understand -management was a worse clusterf--k on other shifts.
I truly did love my job. It wasn't too physically or mentally demanding and the atmosphere on the production floor was very chill. The supervisors and zone leads were highly selective on what they cared about and didn't lead by example (until the company-wide meeting announcing layoffs. They started moving their butts a bit more once threats of unemployment hit everyone). 
Bottom line: lean on the side of caution if you are on the autism spectrum, LGBTQIA, or have medical issues. Workplace is prominently white and conservative.

I worked briefly in the embroidery dept as a machine operator. The work itself was not bad, nor was the manager or the coworkers. It was work I was comfortable with and felt confident doing. 

That being said, upper management is terrible. They are as minimal as can legally be with breaks, they took away our chairs so we can't sit and work (which comes to cause a lot of foot, calf and back pain down the line), and mask it all with a 'we truly care about our employees' well-being. We're a family' saying. 

The most flawed system of all is their point-system. You will get written up for missing a day or being tardy under ANY circumstances. 
There was an accident on the highway that made 12 people 30 minutes late; they all got written up. 
 
I had a couple appointments early in the morning on two consecutive days (it was impossible to schedule them outside of work) so I went to HR (and my manager) and told them about it 1.5 weeks ahead of time and explained the circumstances and how I was going to be a little late coming in those days. Not absent, just late. I had that meeting specifically because I wanted to make sure I wouldn't get points for it, which I was told I wouldn't. On the week of the appointments, I notified both HR and my manager again just to remind them out of courtesy. 
And I still got points. 

Finally, I wanted to return to work for them and figured they would be happy to have me back considering I was a great employee; I was professional, productive, punctual, dependable, easy to work with, cared about the quality of my work, and my managers liked me. 

Because of the points I accumulated however, they said they were unable to hire me back. All my good qualities didn't matter, because I was late two days, and sick for two more in the entire span of time I had worked there. 

They don't pay enough to have to deal with that.

if you are sick and throwing up and don’t have any pto they give you points, most people there like the people that have worked there long think they are top **** the place is filled with drama it’s literally like high school not allowed to wear a winter jacket in the building you have to put all ur belongings in a locker they assign you and they except you to walk all the way from the screen printing room to the locker and have ur break which is only ten minutes n want you back by the end of the ten minutes the zone leaders are a joke and if you literally take more then ten seconds to literally breath they question you and tell you to do something you get yelled at if you go to the bathroom too much if you don’t reach ur goal in numbers you get judged by other people whole management has their favorites and if you aren’t one or related to management then you are treated differently during the slower season they forced us to be working forty hours still even tho there was no work and were forced to clean all day it was awful it got to the point where there was nothing to clean and you got yelled at if you weren’t they say it’s a employee owned business and they always use the employees suggestions but they don’t they have a suggestions box and I’m pretty sure they just empty the box in the garbage when it gets full even tho the pay is good the job and management itself is awful I came home negative and was so ready to go home everyday the people there make work absolutely awful I truly hope nobody waste their time here 

As an employee, the work is fairly enjoyable and satisfying. However, everyone seems to have their own agenda, and the work day-to-day can be drastically different, depending on who's asking. As a result, there's no priority list, a lack of transparency, unclear goals and expectations, poor communication, and some undermining. Feedback is hyper-critical and not very constructive, and recognition is minimal. There is little opportunity for performance-based advancement.

There is also an air of toxicity and condescension, which seems to be systemic. It's worse among the longer tenured employees, as they've had time to marinate together in the echo chamber. It's like high school. However, they've gotten a lot of new faces in the past few years, so the culture may be changing direction. It remains to be seen.

Overall, it's a great place to learn, socialize, and do busy-work, as long as you don't ruffle the wrong feathers. If you have higher ambition and are seeking to advance your career, you may want to look elsewhere. Advice to management: promote collaboration and set up some team-based goals, instead of exemplifying gossip and favoritism. Advice to new employees: go meet others to form your own opinion instead of heeding rumors through the grapevine, and educate yourself on political philosophy.

The culture has changed a lot from when I started vs. when I left.  Certain people were brought on at the management level that did not belong, and it showed.  I will not name names, but anyone reading internally that can identify me will know of whom I am speaking.  Yes, that likely may include the person reading this internally.

My final year saw the revoking of autonomy I had for many years, along with other acts of what I saw was   When I brought performance impacting changes to the attention of management, I was acknowledged, and then swiftly ignored.  It was very much a case of get on board, or leave.  One meeting quickly brought the option of resigning to the table.  You do not make such a suggestion so early unless you want out of time consuming meetings and attempts to get one to somehow believe they were in the wrong for doing nothing wrong.  Politics took priority over significant concerns, such as conducting business.  I also got zero support from the one person from whom I truly expected it.   I was happy to take my leave and let them sort out the mess.  I truly feel sorry for my successor as they too will have to deal with this, and will likely not have the strength and confidence to object given their new status.

Pro tip: protecting egos of people that just start is not good business.

Not the worse place to work but not also the best. They have some nice perks like bill reimbursement and decent company parties. But they have real dead points where you have to come in and basically stand around and clean. Can't go home without using PTO or get points. on that point...PTO takes forever to acquire; points are super easy to get and really hard to drop or take forever to drop. Point system is a joke and puts good employees in a difficult position when bad employees get out of it. And on that note........bad employees always seem to get praised and good employees get in trouble for the same thing bad employees do but wont get int trouble for. There is no even ground. If you come in, keep your head down, don't make friends or choose your friends very VERY wisely, do the base amount of work and show up on time you'll done fine working here. But if you are a outspoken person I would avoid working here, they tend to wean out wave makers, even if its a good wave against indiscrimination. Basically, if you're good friends with management you can get away with anything.  

really only thing I liked about the company was the perks of cheap clothes and the 401K. That is honestly the best thing going for them is their 401K match program. Which is what made me want to work for them and was one of the only things keeping me there for as long as I was there.

I worked at Perrin for about 7 months. My experience there was awesome. If your not lazy show up to work and have a great attitude. The supervisors will work with you and show you things. The coworkers there were great people i got along with everyone and people are willing to teach you things. The only problems i saw was with the employees who didnt want to show up to work or people who had attitude problems or thought everyone owed them something. If you show up to your job are willing to learn and work and have a good attitude this is the place for you. They do reviews for raises. They are very understanding people as long as you talk to them and you do whats expected. Bonus at Christmas. Paid Holidays and Vacation Time. 401 K and benifits. If your willing to learn and do whats expected advancements can and will be made. From what i see these bad reviews are from disgruntaled ex employees who lost their jobs because of bad attitudes call ins all the time or laziness. The only reason i left there is because i moved. I enjoyed my job and everyone i worked for and with.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Production tends to bear the brunt of inefficiencies in the workflow. Workload fluctuations are significant—employees may be required to work overtime one week, only to be asked to take paid time off the next due to a lack of available work. Layoffs occur frequently, contributing to a general sense of job insecurity. Additionally, there have been no pay increases in several years.

Concerns also exist regarding upper-level management practices. Relationships with executive leadership can have a lasting impact on an employee’s experience within the organization. The workplace culture can feel highly competitive in a counterproductive way, with individuals prioritizing personal advancement over collaboration. This dynamic often fosters an environment that feels unprofessional and, at times, reminiscent of a high school atmosphere, rather than a cohesive and supportive workplace.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Unrealistic workflow goals and dealing with HOT jobs all the time. Then zero work for weeks. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
depressing... feels very bleak and like a failing company.

Very Unprofessional rude so called Management do not have a clue how to run a place of business and on top of that they are thieves still half of everyone's paychecks and blame it on the system and not a good place to work at all a bunch of weirdos working on every level of a higher level meaning supervisors leads management they are horrible talks amongst they sell of employees talk to the favorite employees about other employees and their personal business supervisors are coolest and don't know how to do their job bringing in a new people from the streets letting them come in and make decisions for the company which are bad decisions for everyone except themselves seems like you're in prison the whole time you're there until you reach the street second from the building it's a horrible place to work I suggest anyone not do it you'll be wasting your time and probably be mad or upset after words plus you won't be making the money that you think you'll be getting or deserve because when you get your tickets going to always be missing a big chunk it's so frustrating dealing with those kinds of things it's so much and too much to put up with and deal with and it's definitely not worth your peace of mind you asked I told

They do not keep a steady stream of work for all 3 shifts. management is pettier than the associates. They have fired and accepted back multiple employees who have cause fist fights on the job.  The culture of the job overall is very immature, lost of bickering and gossiping. If there is no work to be completed you are expected to stand around on the job and do nothing. literally. They know they do not pay employees well enough because they constantly ask for donations to give clothes/food/school supplies to parents who need them for their children. If you leave work to deal with family issues you get written up.  Each shift management will blame other shifts for product being damaged and the lower level employees suffer because they are the ones fired for damaged product while management only gets a "warning". Management will gossip about lower level employees and write employee reviews claiming that employee should seek mental help. Employees have been let for parking in a management parking spot. 

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Account coordinator 23 salaries reported	$19.00 per hour
Shift leader 1 salary reported	$17.50 per hour
Production 3 salaries reported	$16.00 per hour
Marketing associate 2 salaries reported	$22.50 per hour
Full stack developer 3 salaries reported	$75,000 per year

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