Ownership opportunities overshadowed by poor work-life balance and layoffs
Pros
Lots of room for taking ownership of tasks
Cons
Business has failed this year and they laid off 80% of staff. They were supposed to open 100 stores and were only on pace for 10-20 and had to do mass layoffs. Work life balance is poor - they expect you to work 10-12 hours a day and be online at all times while working Saturday/sundays for 8+ hours for their new shop/teahouse openings. Every other weekend was taken up by grand openings. These openings also shift dates every week so you can’t actually plan vacation. Additionally the executive management is all from China and dictate all actions at the company without understanding US markets and culture. Worked about 80 hours a week and got no notice of layoffs. Our personal expense cards only have 500$ credit limits so you need to front all your money. I had to drive 1 hour plus for meetings/openings in Irvine, San Diego, Ontario, and more 2-5 times a week. For work travel, we were also mandated to share rooms with other co-workers amongst other poor travel policies.
