Rapidly growing company, changing corporate culture - Anonymous employee SanMar Employee Review

4.0
14 Jun 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Stable company- I've been there many years and there has never been layoffs. Family owned, sportswear company so you can dress casually and there's a nice employee discount and a wide variety of clothing to buy. Having a company cafe at corporate is convenient and somewhat subsidized.

Cons

The original owner has turned day to day operations over to a son and the culture is definitely changing- not necessarily for the better. There's less company wide celebrations. Some departments get to have fun and others don't. The founder used to walk around and get to know employees and that doesn't happen anymore. Don't feel appreciated very often. Too much emphasis on fundraising.

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SanMar Response
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Thank you so much for sharing your feedback and your many years of service at SanMar! We are happy to hear that you have enjoyed the stability of our company, our employee product discount, the casual dress environment, and our onsite café. Our company has experienced incredible growth over the past 48 years. During that time, our culture has evolved as our population grew but continues to be shaped around our SanMar family values. In 2019, we’ve made a concentrated effort to have fewer small fundraisers and offer more purely fun events to appreciate our employees. That being said, partnering with local non-profit organizations for our annual charitable giving campaign is near and dear to our family owners and an important piece of how we engage with and give back to our local community.

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