"High TURNOVER Rate -- The Finance team's 2017 YTD turnover rate is ~50% and that excludes the Planning LAYOFFS earlier in the year. It's not uncommon for employees to basically get fed up and resign without job opportunities lined up, which says a lot about the current leadership in place. If you are unfortunate enough to interview with this department, I strongly encourage you to ask (1) the YTD number of Finance resignations (and use your judgment to determine if this is extremely high or not), (2) the reasoning for the recent turnover, (3) description of the work conditions that would cause the high turnover, (4) the average tenure among Finance employees (use your judgment to determine if this is short or not), (5) how many Finance employees have been hired from a third-party recruiting company just to get heads in seats out of fear of future resignations, (6) the number of internal Finance promotions this year (use your judgment to determine if this is low or not; if low, ask why and what they are doing to mentor and grow their staff, (7) the required number of weekends per year and average hours per week put in by the Finance team, and (8) their strategy on retaining good, hard-working Finance professionals (look for a statement regarding strategy change, as their current strategy isn’t working and hasn’t worked). Hopefully the interviewers come prepared to openly share this information. Watch for hesitation, shadiness and/or lack of acknowledgment and accountability in responses. To work for a company that prides itself on “Authenticity: Being transparent in our dealings with customers and each other”, interviewers need to show candidates the same respect and openly share this information. I’m confident that your decision to join this company will be made once the interviewers openly discuss this information. Failure to disclose this information is a direct attempt to mislead candidates. Any candidate that accepts an offer will eventually discover the..."
"Blue Nile is a fantastic place to work, especially on one of their development teams. Things move fast, so it's never dull but sometimes a little out of control. The programming is fairly basic so at times you may feel a bit code-monkeyish."
"It was definitely entry level job but I am glad I accepted the contract offer to do this work considering tough economic environment. I had to take humongous pay cut and the testing sprint finished promptly and testers were laid off."
"Overworked and way under paid."
Blue Nile has an overall rating of 2.4 Average Rating out of 5, based on over 4 Blue Nile Review Ratings left anonymously by Blue Nile employees, which is 38% lower than the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. 25% of employees would recommend working at Blue Nile.
Blue Nile employees earn $60,500 annually on average, or $29 per hour, which is 8% lower than the national salary average of $66,000 per year. 3 Blue Nile employees have shared their salaries on CareerBliss. Find Blue Nile Salaries by Job Title.
25% of employees would recommend working at Blue Nile with the overall rating of 2.4 out of 5. Employees also rated Blue Nile 2.0 out of 5 for Company Culture, 1.8 for Rewards You Receive, 2.0 for Growth Opportunities and 2.5 for support you get.
According to our data, the highest paying job at Blue Nile is a Senior Program Manager at $106,000 annually. Browse Blue Nile Salaries by Job Profile.
According to our data, the lowest paying job at Blue Nile is a Accounts Payable Specialist at $32,000 annually. Browse Blue Nile Salaries by Job Profile.
According to reviews on CareerBliss, employees commonly rated no pros working at Blue Nile, and cons to be Company Culture and Growth Opportunities.
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