Cliques and Managers with No Experience, Guinea pigs for harmful materials - Operations Specialist Spoonflower Employee Review

Thank you for your feedback. It sounds as if there is a lot that you are dissatisfied with, and I am sorry that is the case. Although it is difficult to work through all of your concerns online , there are a few areas I can address by providing factual information in response to the conclusions you are drawing. Safety is unequivocally the highest priority at Spoonflower. We work very hard to keep our employees safe and are proud of our safety program and safety record. Spoonflower goes above and beyond the applicable regulatory requirements, including OSHA regulations, to make our workplace as safe as possible for all our employees. As a print operation, certain serious hazards exist that we adequately eliminate or mitigate by installing the proper engineering controls and providing employees with the appropriate personal protective equipment and training on how to perform your daily work in a safe manner. During our hiring process, all candidates for positions within our Operations department are given a tour of the factory. We discuss in an open and transparent manner what it is like to work here. All employees, regardless of their position, are encouraged to immediately report any workplace conditions that they believe to be unsafe. Spoonflower looks into the matters promptly. Relative to your advice to management, we feel Spoonflower’s commitment to employee professional and career development is evident in all parts of the company. You will find that former floor operations specialists and print operators have advanced to roles in Product Engineering, Marketing, Customer Service, Distribution and Accounting. In fact, we have an engineering development program that is open to all employees for which we pay 100% of the costs of a code bootcamp. We also continue salary and benefits for employees selected for this program so they can focus 100% of their time to the program and learning to code. Many of the employees who went through this program came from a previous role Operations in some capacity and are now working on front-end and back-end development for our e-commerce platform! Several of our social media and email marketing team members came from Operations and half of our Accounting team were former print and floor operations employees. Almost half of our Customer Service team members are from Operations. Finally, all Operations Supervisors, Team Leaders, Technical Specialists and Pre-Production Specialists are promoted from within, so there are plenty of opportunities as well for those employees who want to stay and grow at Spoonflower. We have a team of highly talented, passionate and dedicated employees and we understand that they are motivated by interesting work and professional development. We try hard to make sure that our goal of providing meaningful work and growth opportunities run parallel to the overall goals of Spoonflower. I am sorry that Spoonflower was not the right environment for you. There are many employees at Spoonflower who do not share your sentiments. We wish you all the best in your future career endeavors.