Designers, Look Elsewhere - Designer Lands' End Employee Review

Since new executive level leadership has shifted, this company is run by merchandisers and new ways of working gives very little autonomy to Designers. Designers take orders from merchants and execute. Pay is horrible. Not competitive at all to where the market is at for designers in general. HR will compensate the low offer by saying there is a potential for year end bonus, but it is not worth it. Target and Duluth pay 15-20% more for the same roles. Designers DO NOT get promoted. Meanwhile, merchants get promoted so often it's hard to keep up with all of the new titles and shifting on that side of the company. It's sad because Designers come in with a specialty background/training for a specific category.